Charities in the Non-Western World The Development and Regulation of Indigenous and Islamic Charities

This book looks at the operation of indigenous charities at a regional, localised and global level. Chapters focus on the adaptation, accountability and operation of charities across a wide range of jurisdictions from China to Indonesia, Thailand, Iran, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Lebanon and Turkey. It examines the ownership, participation and accountability of charities in a regional, localised and international context, and draws on the experiences and operation of charities. By presenting a cross-disciplinary exploration of the operation of charities, the book offers an interesting insight into the functioning and identification of the influencing factors impacting the operation of charities.

Introduction Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brownand Justin Pierce Part 11. ‘Everything is Politics’: Understanding the Political Dimensions of NGO Legitimacy in Conflict-affected Regions Oliver Walton 2. The Role and Governance of Islamic Faith Organisations in South Africa Justin Pierce 3. Co-operatives and the State in Burma/Myanmar 1900 – 2012: A Case Study of Failed Top-Down Co-Operative Development Models? Anthony Webster4. Charity Reconstructed: The Transformation of Social Welfare in Rural Japan in the Nineteenth Century Maren Ehlers Part 2 5. Private Charities and the Public Good Institutional Memory of Plague Prevention in Manchuria Thomas Dubois6. Re-form Hui identity and the Communal Network in the Imperial Extension from Ming to Qing in Southwest Chinese Frontier Ma Jianxiong7. Universalistic Humanitarianism in Mainland China: A Case Study of a French NGO Gilles Guiheuxand Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce 8. In the World But Not Of the World: Governing Christian Charities in Contemporary China Nanlai Cao Part 3 9. Boundaries of Non-state Welfare Provision: Comparative Evidence from Turkey, Sudan and Germany Fulya Apaydin10. The Diversity of Islamic Charitable Activities: Analytical Distinctions Among Shi’a Muslim Organizations in LebanonMelani Cammett11. Saudi Charitable Impulse Abroad: The Coercive Power of Belief and Money in Thailand Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown12. Sa’udi Charity To Hadhramaut As A Bone of Contention: The Hijaz Fund Episode, 1949-50 Christian Lekon13. Comparative Perspective on the Growth and Legal Transformations of Arab (Islamic) Charities Benoit Challand14. Colonial State and Muslim Institutions: History of Regulatory Framework for Awqaf (Religious Endowments) in British India Muhammad Zubair Abbasi

Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown is an Emeritus Professor at the Royal Holloway College in London, UK. Justin Pierce teaches at the University of East London, UK.