Foundations of Islamic Governance A Southeast Asian Perspective

• Main Author: Maszlee Malik (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London, UK Routledge 2017
• Series: Routledge Studies on Islam and Muslims in Southeast Asia
• Subjects: Islam and state State, The; Islam and state; Political culture > Islamic countries; Islam and state > Southeast Asia
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• Physical Description: xiii, 279 pages 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781138219748; 9781315414652; 1138219746

The aim of this book is to explore and analyze the Islamic axioms, foundation principles and values underpinning the field of governance in an attempt to construct the architectonics of a new systemic and dynamic theory and formulate the articulation of 'Islamic governance'. This discursive and abstract, rather than being an empirical exercise, assumes to produce a 'good governance' framework within its own formulation through a value-shaped dynamic model according to maqasid al-Shari'ah (higher objective of Shari'ah) by going beyond the narrow remit of classical and contemporary discussions produced on the topic, which propose a certain institutional model of governance based on the classical juristic (fiqh) method.