{"product_id":"oil-and-islam-isbn-9780471971535","title":"Oil and Islam","description":"During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Middle East and North Africa were perceived as being exceptionally successful, but now the region is viewed as a resounding economic and social failure. Islam is not only a religion, but also a political and social project. A major pretext of this work is to demonstrate how the tensions within Islamic movements feed directly into the economic, social, political, historical and religious arena of the region, and vice versa. An introductory chapter sets the context of the book. The core chapters of the book comprise an in-depth examination of the varied forms of oil revenue abuse. For examples, the past mismanagement of the tremendous wealth provided by oil. Following Islamic beliefs, revenue from oil should not finance wasteful consumption, but used instead for public welfare. Abstaining from interest calculations, there should be a case for keeping more oil in the ground. Indeed, oil has also stifled industrial development, and with declining oil revenues, the conflict between civilian and military priorities intensifies. While western interests have promoted arms spending, high population-growth expenditure reinforces the reality of the count-down to the post-oil era upon the Middle Eastern and North African oil exporters. So far the governments seem unwilling or unable to adapt and react. Furthermore, in the past oil has been used as a substitute for democracy. While the large oil revenues of the 1970s and early 1980s strengthened the position of autocratic rulers and weakened the private sector,repressive regimes have made Islam a source of criticism and opposition for the Western world. Following on from this, the book then looks forward to the problem of uniting the divergent interests in the spheres of oil and Islam into a cohesive whole. The book proposes that ideally Islamic governments would synchronise the depletion of oil reserves with investment in new productive assets. Islamic governments could also find ways to combine private, domestic and foreign interests in the oil industry. The main readership for this book will be policy-makers and professionals involved in development issues for Middle Eastern and North African affairs, and those with an interest in oil politics and Islamic studies.Das erste Werk, das die Beziehungen zwischen den Veränderungen der Mineralölindustrie im mittleren Osten und in Nordafrika und sozialen Prozessen, wie dem Bevölkerungswachstum und dem Erstarken radikaler islamistischer Bewegungen, kompetent analysiert. The Social Promise of Islam.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Merchants and Soldiers in Islamic Society.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Oil and Islamic Economic Principles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Oil and Muslim Societies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rentier States Under Pressure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Islamism as a Social Protest and a National Assertion.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Islamism and Oil Policy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. Aus dem Inhalt:\u003cbr\u003e The Social Promise of Islam;\u003cbr\u003e Merchants and Soldiers in Islamic Society;\u003cbr\u003e Oil and Islamic Economic Principles;\u003cbr\u003e Oil and Muslim Societies;\u003cbr\u003e Rentier States Under Pressure;\u003cbr\u003e Islamism as a Social Protest and a National Assertion;\u003cbr\u003e Islamism and Oil Policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOæstein Noreng\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eOil and Islam: Social and Economic Issues\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Wiley.\u003c\/p\u003e During the 1970s and early 1980s, the Middle East and North Africa were perceived as being exceptionally successful, but now the region is viewed as a resounding economic and social failure. Islam is not only a religion, but also a political and social project. A major pretext of this work is to demonstrate how the tensions within Islamic movements feed directly into the economic, social, political, historical and religious arena of the region, and vice versa. An introductory chapter sets the context of the book. The core chapters of the book comprise an in-depth examination of the varied forms of oil revenue abuse. For examples, the past mismanagement of the tremendous wealth provided by oil. Following Islamic beliefs, revenue from oil should not finance wasteful consumption, but used instead for public welfare. Abstaining from interest calculations, there should be a case for keeping more oil in the ground. Indeed, oil has also stifled industrial development, and with declining oil revenues, the conflict between civilian and military priorities intensifies. While western interests have promoted arms spending, high population-growth expenditure reinforces the reality of the count-down to the post-oil era upon the Middle Eastern and North African oil exporters. So far the governments seem unwilling or unable to adapt and react. Furthermore, in the past oil has been used as a substitute for democracy. While the large oil revenues of the 1970s and early 1980s strengthened the position of autocratic rulers and weakened the private sector,repressive regimes have made Islam a source of criticism and opposition for the Western world. Following on from this, the book then looks forward to the problem of uniting the divergent interests in the spheres of oil and Islam into a cohesive whole. The book proposes that ideally Islamic governments would synchronise the depletion of oil reserves with investment in new productive assets. Islamic governments could also find ways to combine private, domestic and foreign interests in the oil industry. The main readership for this book will be policy-makers and professionals involved in development issues for Middle Eastern and North African affairs, and those with an interest in oil politics and Islamic studies.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989710782693,"sku":"NP9780471971535","price":286.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471971535.jpg?v=1761785200","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/oil-and-islam-isbn-9780471971535","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}