ABSTRACT

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.

section I|95 pages

Section I

chapter 1|21 pages

‘Everything is politics'

Understanding the political dimensions of NGO legitimacy in conflict-affected regions

chapter 3|23 pages

Co-operatives and the state in Burma/Myanmar 1900–2012

A case study of failed top-down co-operative development models

chapter 4|24 pages

Charity reconstructed

The transformation of social welfare in rural Japan in the nineteenth century

section II|91 pages

Section II

chapter 5|32 pages

The salvation of religion?

Public charity and new religions of the early Chinese Republic

chapter 7|16 pages

Universalistic humanitarianism in mainland China

A case study of a French NGO

chapter 8|17 pages

In the world but not of the world

Governing grassroots Christian charity in China 1

section III|128 pages

Section III

chapter 9|26 pages

Boundaries of nonstate welfare provision

Comparative evidence from Turkey, Sudan, and Germany

chapter 10|18 pages

The diversity of Islamic charitable activities

Analytical distinctions among Shi'a Muslim organizations in Lebanon

chapter 11|28 pages

Saudi charitable impulse abroad

The coercive power of belief and money in Thailand

chapter 12|14 pages

Sa'udi charity to Hadhramaut as a bone of contention

The Hijaz fund episode, 1949 to 1950

chapter 14|22 pages

Colonial state and Muslim institutions

History of regulatory framework for Awqāf (religious endowment) in British India