The Politics of Islamic Finance

by Clement M. Henry

Book Overview

Can the contemporary Islamic finance movement be shown to meet the requirements of modern commerce? In the wake of the terrorist attacks on America the UN Security Council passed a resolution targeting transnational sources of terrorist funds. The United States and the International Monetary Fund are encouraging the governments of the Middle East to adopt policies of economic liberalism and a new type of capitalism, based on Islamic values and beliefs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748618376
• ISBN13: 9780748618378
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher