In an effort to achieve more effective operations in the face of an ever-increasing public sector workload, United Arab Emirates (UAE) government officials have recognized the importance of Geographic Information System (GIS). This research explores GIS implementation and diffus…
An original work which challenges Resurgent Islam as the underlying cause of the revolution. Using the form of historical-narrative covering 100 years of international politics, economics, social issues and religion, the work synthesizes the four areas in search of the root caus…
This study investigates the extent to which terrorist bombings against innocent civilians since September 11, 2001 provide the impetus for a domestic and international civil societal debate and reassessment of their moral acceptability. Another main purpose is to assess the abil…
There has been a variety of analyses offering reconstructions of Persian-period Yehud's social and political contexts. Among this variety, one 'consensus' stands out; it maintains that the Jerusalem priesthood enjoyed a prominent level of authority, symbolized in the Jerusalem t…
This dissertation is about how the Thai government reacts to the problem of Malay-Muslim separatism in the southernmost provinces of the country. The study adopts a historical approach using a qualitative method. The dissertation traces the government's policies, the reactions o…
This dissertation examines the relationship between the medieval Sunni Islamic theory of the caliphate and the debate over the revival of the caliph in Egypt between the abolition of the Ottoman caliph by Ataturk in 1924 and the failure of the General Conference for the Caliphat…
Contemporary extremist groups pose a significant threat to stability and their actions influence US foreign policy. An analysis of why some contemporary extremist groups fall while others flourish reveal common attributes that inform an enhanced US government policy and response…
Why would a colonial administration, a post-colonial military dictatorship, a democratically elected government, a disadvantaged civil society, and a variety of international aid agencies all seek to use their limited resources in the pursuit of building the rule of law? This di…
My dissertation, a study of the civil service in Gaza during the British Mandate and the Egyptian Administration, investigates processes through which people and places are constituted, controlled, and governed. Conceiving of 'government' as a process of legal, social, and moral…
Government archives are at present a key factor for sustainable development for every nation. With the requirements of globalisation, Arab countries, in their majority, have to think about their government archives, neglected for a long time, in order to allow their administrati…
During the 1970s and 1980s, the Islamic world experienced a wave of Islamic revivalism. This religious revivalism was experienced more in some countries than in others. Malaysia is one of the Islamic countries that experienced a high level of Islamic revivalism. ABIM, Jamaat Tab…