Begging, Street Politics and Power - The Religious and Secular Regulation of Begging in India and Pakistan

Begging, Street Politics and Power focuses two different contexts: India and Pakistan. Considering both religious and secular begging regulation, and drawing on Hindu and Islamic engagements with begging, the book brings to the debate a wider social scientific critique of the power relationships inherent in this phenomenon.

List of contents

Introduction
1 The role of charity in religion and religious regulation of begging in Hinduism and Islam
2 Secular legal and political structures that regulate begging
Conclusion

About the author

Sheba Saeed is a lecturer in the School of Communication and Design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Vietnam. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, UK, and has previously practiced as a solicitor.

Summary

Begging, Street Politics and Power focuses two different contexts: India and Pakistan. Considering both religious and secular begging regulation, and drawing on Hindu and Islamic engagements with begging, the book brings to the debate a wider social scientific critique of the power relationships inherent in this phenomenon.

Product details

• Authors: Sheba Saeed, Saeed Sheba
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032228846
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222884-6
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Islamic Studies, Hinduism, Islamic Law, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Systems of law: Islamic law, LAW / Islamic, Social groups: religious groups and communities