Humanomics: Volume 30 Issue 1

Action Research for community business development

– The purpose of this paper is to introduce the idea of Action Research as a way of making academic research more relevant for social economic change.

9/11, foreign threats, political legitimacy, and democratic institutions

The manipulation of fears generated by 9/11 resulted in restrictions of civil liberties. Although this danger to freedom has been descriptively addressed, its deeper causes and…

Ethics and the economy

An examination of the economy reveals it to be structured in ways that contradict generally accepted ethical values. This is primarily due to the narrowness of its principles…

Arab-uprising: an analysis from political economy perspective

– This paper aims at examining the past as well as the current issues responsible for the most recent Arab-uprising.

The challenge in poverty alleviation: role of Islamic microfinance and social capital

The purpose of this paper is to examine the growth of Islamic microfinance (bila sudi-qardh) scheme in Andaman Islands and to see how Islamic microfinance sector and social…

2013 Awards for Excellence

Special issues 1: Philanthropy, social economy, and a changing world-system