Despite all efforts of the Nigerian government, corruption and money laundering continue to rise to a level yet unseen in the history of the country. Nigeria is ranked one of the most corrupt nations in the world, after Bangladesh and Haiti. This quantitative study of the signif…
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In this dissertation I explore religion and music as key sites through which members of the shrinking Yoruba middle class (re)negotiate their positions in a contemporary Nigerian society that is characterized by democratic transition and economic liberalization. Based on two yea…
This dissertation proposes an explanation for how Islamic senses of divinity, prophets, and the afterlife influence perceptions of the legitimacy of various political and religious leaders and male heads of families in the rural northern part of the Fouta Djallon region of Guine…
Doing the right thing is a universal experience important to health and quality of life. The purposes of this research study were to discover the structure of the experience of doing the right thing, to contribute to nursing knowledge, and to expand the knowledge of doing the ri…
This is an ethnographic study of moral personhood among Minangkabau people in the city of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The ethnography is based on field research carried out between January 2002 and November 2003. Data was gathered through participant-observation and th…
This dissertation is an ethnography of private law in contemporary Port Said, Egypt. Based on extensive fieldwork in 2005 and 2007, it considers how Port Saidians come to possess economic and social entitlements vis-à-vis one another and how concomitant obligations get construed…
It is generally imagined that scientific facts and human values represent distinct and incomensurable ways of speaking about the world. Consequently, most people assume that science will never be in a position to resolve ethical questions or to determine how human beings ought t…
This study examines the environmental protection legislation in Pakistan and the US. Although Pakistan Environmental Protection Ordinance-1983 is very similar to the US National Environmental Policy Act-1969, the success story in terms of practice and application of the legislat…
Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) are late twentieth century institutions designed to help Muslims conduct business internationally while simultaneously upholding traditional Islamic values related to trade finance and currency movement. The basis for their existence is the …