Books

Contents : A theory of the Islamic world-system -- A formal model of the Islamic world-system -- An evaluation of the occidental world-system -- A general systems theory of knowledge : application to family and ecology -- The world-system according to Ibn Khaldun's prolegomena comparatively viewed -- The Islamic political economy of property and property rights : concepts and application -- Micro-money : Islamic perspective -- An overlapping generation valuation model with debt-equity swaps -- A knowledge model of layers of techniques.

The work is the first reference book devoted to the field of Islamic banking and finance. It is divided into three parts, the first of which deals with a general introduction of the Islamic banking industry. The author principally discusses theoretical matters, but the International Association of Islamic Banks, Dar al-Maal al-Islaami, and the Islamic Development Bank are each addressed as well. It is in the second part of the volume that the actual directory of Islamic financial institutions is presented. A brief introduction precedes the index itself.