There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world, represented on the world stage by 57 states, as well as a host of international organizations and associations. This book critically examines the engagement of these states in systems of global governance and with a variety of policy regimes, including climate change, energy, migration, humanitarian aid, international financial institutions, research and education. Chapters explore the dynamics of this engagement, the contributions to global order, the interests pursued and some of the contradictions and tensions within the Islamic world, and between that world and the 'West'. An in-depth perspective is provided about the traditional and new forms of multilateralism and the policy spaces formed which provide new opportunities for the Muslim and non-Muslim world alike.

The first book to map and critically examine Muslim engagements in global governance Contributes to the understanding of South-South cooperation, with an emphasis on the role of Muslim states and organizations Several chapters with a unique focus: interfaith dialogues, Islamic finance and sustainable development, Islamic NGOs and GCC sovereign wealth funds Contributors include leading practitioners associated with major international organizations

Autorentext

Leslie A. Pal is Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the School of Policy and Administration at Carleton University, Canada, and Director of the Centre on Governance and Public Management.

M. Evren Tok is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean of Innovation and Community Advancement at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Islamic Studies, Qatar. His research focuses on public policy, religion and development, entrepreneurship and community development.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Global Governance and Muslim Organizations: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Reforming Governance in Muslim Majority States: Promoting Values or Protecting Stability?.- Chapter 3: Philophical and Historical Origins and Genesis of Islamic Global Governance.- Chapter 4: Rule of Law.- Chapter 5: The OIC, Multilateral Aid and Development.- Chapter 6: Islamic Charities and Global Governance.- Chapter 7: The OIC and the Paris 2015 Climate Change Agreement: Islam and the Environment.- Chapter 8: Environmental Policy in the GCC: Setting the Agenda for Climate Change and Energy Security.- Chapter 9: Scaling-up Research Governance: From Exceptionalism to Fragmentation.- Chapter 10: Governance and Education in Muslim-Majority States.- Chapter 11: Can the Shar'ah be Compatible with Global Governance?: Islamic Financial Institutions as a Laboratory for Conceptual Analysis.- Chapter 12: Islamic Finance and Economics.- Chapter 13: The Muslim World in Cyberia: Prospects for E-Governanceand Digital Capacity-Building.- Chapter 14: Global Governance and Labour Migration in the GCC.