Consistency and viability of Islamic economic systems and the transition process / John Marangos, University of Crete.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marangos, John, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Islamic countries.

Economics.

Social change--Economic aspects.

Social change.

Islamic countries.

Economics--Religious aspects--Islam.

Social change--Economic aspects--Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Consistency and Viability of Islamic Economics Systems and the Transition Process has the crucial intention of stimulating interest in Islamic economics by studying the Islamic Republic of Iran using the analytical framework of consistency and viability. This text develops an original analytic framework to understand the relationship between the economic, political, and ideological structures, the external environment, and the process of reform that gives rise to certain economic systems by establishing consistency. Consistency, however, is not enough; a consistent economic system must be flexible and have the internal mechanisms to be able to adapt to changes in social reality, thus making possible its survival over time. In other words, the economic system is viable when it is able to encourage increases in labor productivity and there is popular support. The collapse of centrally administered socialism in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union resulted in what was commonly referred to as the transition problem. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Islamic Economies

1 Introduction to the Islamic Economies 3

2 Consistency and Viability of Economic Systems 11

3 From the Islamic Revolution to the Islamic Republic of Iran 53

Part II The Transition Process

4 Introduction to the Transition Process 117

5 The Shock Therapy Process of Transition 139

6 The Neoclassical Gradualist Process of Transition: Preventive Therapy 187

7 The Chinese Non-Pluralistic Process of Transition 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1137335785

9781137335784

OCLC:

834978698