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Islamic Public Administration in Sunlight and Shadow: Theory and Practice

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  • Drechsler Wolfgang

    (Tallinn Technical University, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn, Estonia ; Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose, UCL, London, UK ; Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA .)

  • Chafik Salah

    (Tallinn Technical University, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance, Tallinn, Estonia .)

Abstract

The combination of theoretical principles and centuries-old, yet still functional, practices and institutions that together form the Islamic paradigm of public administration (PA) have customarily been absent from both academic literature and PA reform policies, not least in the NISPAcee region. With, e. g., the arrival of Peter’s Administrative Traditions last year, however, Islamic PA has now been positioned within the mainstream, that is, recognized as a legitimate, contextually relevant alternative to the global-Western paradigm. Accordingly, this article aims to further delineate the Islamic PA tradition by discussing its positionality and significance within Non-Western PA, surveying its normative principles, exploring a set of contemporary case studies in Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Morocco, and concluding with a broader reflection on the importance of contextuality and heterogeneity for good PA.

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  • Drechsler Wolfgang & Chafik Salah, 2022. "Islamic Public Administration in Sunlight and Shadow: Theory and Practice," NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, Sciendo, vol. 15(2), pages 52-70, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:njopap:v:15:y:2022:i:2:p:52-70:n:4
    DOI: 10.2478/nispa-2022-0013
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