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Think Tank Review Issue 8, November 2013 [PDF]

, 2013

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Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa) in Substantiating Justice in Land Tax

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between the systemization of kharāj (land tax) and the higher objective of Islamic law or Maqāṣid al‐Sharīʿa. After the conquest of Sawād region (located in modern‐day southern Iraq), the First Caliph ʿUmar (634 ‐ 644 CE) introduced a new approach to the distribution of ghanīmah (spoils of war), leaving ...
Öznur Özdemir, Mehmet Asutay
wiley   +1 more source

Is there a significant relationship between the empowering leadership behaviors of school principals and the psychological resilience of teachers? Understanding the moderating effects of gender and length of time spent with the school principal. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Çevik MS, Doğan E.
europepmc   +1 more source

Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Depolarisation

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It has been suggested that multiculturalism has contributed to majority anxieties and thereby to the current polarisation. This article focuses on how to tackle and lessen this polarisation, which is fostering mutual distrust and threatening the national, democratic citizenships upon which any multiculturalist, egalitarian and unifying project
Tariq Modood
wiley   +1 more source

Transition of Mental Health Services from Institutional to Community-Based Care Abroad and Its Context for Slovenia-Advantages and Risks. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Horvat Golob K, Temeljotov Salaj A, Novak Šarotar B.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reproducing National Distinction: How Cultural Capital Shapes Estonia's Russian School Field

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on nationalism has long emphasized the homogenizing role of education in producing shared language, history and identity, while studies in the sociology of education have examined how cultural capital and social class structure school hierarchies.
Léo Henry
wiley   +1 more source

Is trust built on spirit? Examining spiritual leadership as a multidimensional predictor of organizational trust; pragmatic evidence from Malaysian public universities. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Daud Z, Elsaman HA, Mutazam M, Sallehuddin MR, Haron N, Abidin MAZ, Ahmad R.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Developing Country Debt and Economic Performance, Volume 3: Country Studies - Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Turkey [PDF]

Dani Rodrik, Merih Celâsun
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Do Government Interventions Improve Local Public Service Performance? Evidence From a Synthetic Control Approach

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments in many democratic countries have the mandate to require local authorities to address failures in the management and performance of the public services that they provide. Such policies often involve the takeover of authorities to implement improvements assumed to result in organizational turnaround.
Rhys Andrews
wiley   +1 more source

How much does culture matter for preferences for redistribution? Evidence from panel data on immigrants in Germany. [PDF]

PLoS One
Griaznova O.
europepmc   +1 more source