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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781540903321

Autore

Askari Hossein

Titolo

Globalization and Islamic finance [[electronic resource] ] : convergence, prospects, and challenges / / Hossein Askari, Zamir Iqbal, and Abbas Mirakhor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : J. Wiley & Sons (Asia), 2010

ISBN

1-118-17890-4

1-283-40147-9

9786613401472

1-118-39046-6

1-118-17888-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Wiley finance

Altri autori (Persone)

IqbalZamir

MirakhorAbbas

Disciplina

332.0917/67

Soggetti

Finance - Islamic countries

Finance - Religious aspects - Islam

Financial institutions - Islamic countries

Globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Globalization and Islamic Finance: Convergence, Prospects, and Challenges; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: A Brief History of Globalization and Islamic Finance; 1.1: A Brief History of Globalization; 1.2: How Complete Is Globalization?; 1.3: A Brief Introduction to Islamic Finance; 1.4: Islamic Finance and Globalization: Convergence or Divergence?; Chapter 2: The Consequences of Globalization: Convergence or Divergence with Islam?; 2.1: Theoretical Consequences of Globalization: Growth, Income Distribution, Poverty Alleviation, and Regulation; 2.2: Some Empirical Consequences of Globalization

2.3: Financial Globalization2.4: Basic Islamic Economic and Financial Doctrines and Globalization; 2.5: Convergence or Divergence?; Chapter 3: Islamic Finance, Conventional Finance, and Globalization; 3.1: The Development of Islamic Finance; 3.2: The Development of Conventional Finance; 3.3: Islamic and Conventional Finance: The Impact of



Globalization; 3.4: Financial Stability and the Emerging Relationship between Islamic and Conventional Finance; Chapter 4: Recent Developments in Conventional Finance, Financial Globalization, and Islamic Finance; 4.1: Introduction

4.2: The Role of Financial Systems and the Stability Characteristics of the Conventional Financial System4.3: A Different Explanation for the Financial Crisis of 2007; 4.4: Islamic Financial System and Lessons from the Recent Crisis; 4.5: Summary; Chapter 5: Empirical Trends in Conventional and Islamic Financial Globalization; 5.1: Trends in Conventional Financial Globalization; 5.2: Growth in Islamic Finance; 5.3: Convergence or Divergence?; Chapter 6: Key Considerations in Developing an Islamic Financial System; 6.1: Lessons from the Conventional Financial System

6.2: Gaps in the Islamic Financial System and its Practice6.3: Policy Recommendations; 6.4: Concluding Remarks; Chapter 7: Conclusions and the Future of Islamic Finance; 7.1: The Future of Globalization; 7.2: The Evolution of Financial Globalization; 7.3: The Expansion of Risk Sharing; 7.4: The Likelihood of Convergence; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is an extremely valuable book written by three highly qualified scholars whose credentials for writing such a book are difficult to match. The timing of the book is also perfect, having come at a time when the worst financial crisis in living memory has intensified the quest for reform of the international architecture. The proposals made by the authors should go a long way in not only reforming the system but also in accelerating the move towards financial globalization and convergence of the conventional and Islamic financial systems.Dr. Umer ChapraProminent Scholar of