This book provides an economic analysis of the earliest Islamic society, focusing on the policies of the Messenger of Islam (Sawa) and his successors during the first four formative decades of Islam. Two institutions of great importance – the market and the public treasury (Baitul Mal) – and their roles in the development of the private and public sectors are particularly emphasized in this…
This book investigates the impact of International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes on macroeconomic instability and economic growth in recipient countries. Employing the New Institutional Economics approach as an analytical framework, it identifies the determinants of economic and political institutional quality by taking into account a broad variety of indicators such as parliamentary forms of …
In recent years, exchanges on both sides of the Atlantic have been extensively reengineered, and their organizational structures have changed from non-profit, membership organizations to for-profit, demutualized organizations. Concurrently, new alternative trading systems have emerged and the traditional functions of broker/dealer firms have evolved. How have these changes affected the delivery…
"Politik di Asia Selatan: Budaya, Rasionalitas, dan Aliran Konseptual" adalah sebuah buku yang kemungkinan besar mengeksplorasi lanskap politik di Asia Selatan, meneliti interaksi antara budaya, pengambilan keputusan rasional, dan aliran konsep-konsep politik di wilayah tersebut. Meskipun saya tidak memiliki informasi spesifik mengenai buku ini, saya dapat memberikan gambaran umum mengenai tema…
Perubahan politik dan sosial ekonomi di Timur Tengah dan Afrika Utara (MENA) telah memiliki dampak yang signifikan pada peran gender dan strategi bertahan hidup perempuan di wilayah tersebut. Berikut adalah beberapa perspektif gender dan strategi bertahan hidup dalam konteks perubahan tersebut: 1. Partisipasi Perempuan dalam Protes dan Gerakan Sosial: Selama periode Arab Spring dan setelahnya, …
Pada awal proyek ini, saya menyadari bahwa literatur mengenai protes politik sering kali hanya melihat pada karakteristik partisipan, atau pada fitur-fitur kontekstual yang memudahkan atau menghambat aksi gerakan sosial. Di mata saya, studi tentang protes politik tampaknya terbagi menjadi dua bidang yang tidak saling berhubungan: yang tertarik pada faktor-faktor individual yang terkait dengan k…
Communication technology has become pervasive in the modern world, and ever more complex. Focusing on the most basic ideas, this carefully paced, logically structured textbook is packed with insights and illustrative examples, making this an ideal introduction to modern digital communication. Examples with step-by-step solutions help with the assimilation of theoretical ideas, and MATLAB exerci…
This is the seventh book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of financial decisions and markets, this seventh book describes how econometrics developed and how its underlying assumptions created the underpinning of much of modern financial theory. The author shows tha…
The collection of chapters in this book present the concept of matched filters: response characteristics “matching” the characteristics of crucially important sensory inputs, which allows detection of vital sensory stimuli while sensory inputs not necessary for the survival of the animal tend to be filtered out, or sacrificed. The individual contributions discuss that the evolution of sensi…
This book highlights and discusses recent developments that have contributed to an improved understanding of observed mantle heterogeneities and their relation to the thermo-chemical state of Earth's mantle, which ultimately holds the key to unlocking the secrets of the evolution of our planet. This series of topical reviews and original contributions address 4 themes. Theme 1 covers topics in …