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UNINA9910791669603321 |
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Science, technology, and innovation in Uganda : : recommendations for policy and action / / Sukhdeep Brar ... [and others] |
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Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2011 |
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1-282-96658-8 |
9786612966583 |
0-8213-8675-1 |
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xxi, 105 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
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Science and state - Uganda |
Technology and state - Uganda |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; This Report's Purpose; 1. Science, Technology, and Innovation Strategies and Actors in Uganda; 2. Policy Recommendations; Annex 1. Science and Technology in Uganda; Annex 2. Agroindustry: Oilseed Sector Case Study; Annex 3. Health: Ethnobotany Case Study; Annex 4. Energy Case Study; Annex 5. Transport and Logistics Case Study; References; Back Cover |
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Science, Technology and Innovation in Uganda is part of the World Bank Studies series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion.This study presents a unique methodology to view science, technology and innovation (STI) in developing countries. The study provides a set of cases studies drawn from a diverse range of experiences across the Ugandan private sector and offers concrete policy recommendations on how to support broader development of STI in Uganda. The study finds that of all the STI challenges facing firms, |
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UNINA9910823489903321 |
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Tobin Sarah A. |
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Everyday piety : Islam and economy in Jordan / / Sarah A. Tobin |
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Ithaca, New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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1-5017-0418-4 |
1-5017-0419-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Islam - Economic aspects - Jordan |
Islam - Social aspects - Jordan |
Islam and civil society - Jordan |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Chapter 1. A Muslim Plays the Slot Machines -- Chapter 2. The History of Amman -- Chapter 3. Making It Meaningful -- Chapter 4. Love, Sex, and the Market -- Chapter 5. Making It Real -- Chapter 6. Uncertainty Inside the Islamic Bank -- Chapter 7. Consuming Islamic Banking -- Chapter 8. Branding Islam -- Notes -- Glossary of Arabic Terms -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Working and living as an authentic Muslim-comporting oneself in an Islamically appropriate way-in the global economy can be very challenging. How do middle-class Muslims living in the Middle East navigate contemporary economic demands in a distinctly Islamic way? What are the impacts of these efforts on their Islamic piety? To what authority does one turn when questions arise? What happens when the answers vary and there is little or no consensus? To answer these questions, Everyday Piety examines the intersection of globalization and Islamic religious life in the city of Amman, Jordan.Drawing on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in Amman, Sarah A. Tobin demonstrates that Muslims combine their interests in exerting a visible Islam with the opportunities and challenges of advanced capitalism in an urban |
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setting, which ultimately results in the cultivation of a "neoliberal Islamic piety." Neoliberal piety, Tobin contends, is created by both Islamizing economic practices and economizing Islamic piety, and is done in ways that reflect a modern, cosmopolitan style and aesthetic, revealing a keen interest in displays of authenticity on the part of the actors. Tobin highlights sites at which economic life and Islamic virtue intersect: Ramadan, the hijab, Islamic economics, Islamic banking, and consumption. Each case reflects the shift from conditions and contexts of highly regulated and legalized moral behaviors to greater levels of uncertainty and indeterminacy. In its ethnographic richness, this book shows that actors make normative claims of an authentic, real Islam in economic practice and measure them against standards that derive from Islamic law, other sources of knowledge, and the pragmatics of everyday life. |
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