Sociology of Islamic public administration : Ethnographic and socio-legal perspectives
(2025) In Policy, Administrative and Institutional Change p.38-53- Abstract
This chapter argues that for public administration research to genuinely advance in non-Western contexts, scholars must at a minimum be familiar with, and ideally engage with, local cultural norms, traditions, and epistemes vis-à-vis their research. To that end, we offer a methodological shift towards ethnographic approaches to better understand and analyse contemporary PA practices, focusing on the Islamic paradigm in particular. By outlining essential socio-legal ethnographic methods, this chapter aims to inspire future field-based empirical public administration research, fostering a more nuanced understanding of governance beyond Western paradigms.
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- author
- Urinboyev, Rustam LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2025-01-01
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Ethnography, Field-based methods, Islamic Public Administration, Living traditions
- host publication
- Islamic Public Value : Theory, Practice, and Administration of Indigenous Cooperative Institutions - Theory, Practice, and Administration of Indigenous Cooperative Institutions
- series title
- Policy, Administrative and Institutional Change
- editor
- Drechsler, Wolfgang ; Chafik, Salah and Kattel, Rainer
- pages
- 16 pages
- publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:105016536105
- ISBN
- 9781035333646
- 9781035333639
- DOI
- 10.4337/9781035333646.00010
- project
- Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia
- Administrative Law Reform and Legal Integration in Hybrid Political Regimes
- Legal Cultures and Business Environments in Central Asia
- Understanding Islamic Legal Culture and Migration through Ethnographic and Archival Research
- MARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective
- The Multilevel Orders of Corruption - Insights from a Post-Soviet Context
- Living Law and Political Stability in Post-Soviet Central Asia. A Case Study of the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 51b691b4-58fd-4184-b695-00ebfeb00b34
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- 2025-05-20 22:31:35
- date last changed
- 2025-10-14 12:21:44
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