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

by Sheba Saeed

Overview

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

ISBN-13:	9781032228846
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/27/2024
Series:	Routledge Studies in Religion
Pages:	148
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

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.

Table 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