Social Justice and Human Development

Contents: Foreword. Acknowledgements. Governance of social justice: 1. Governance of public interest and social justice: a moral guideline for administrative decisions. 2. Process of public administration: Islamic perspective. 3. Islam and development: a rebuttal to Western critics. 4. Teaching of public administration from Islamic perspective: the experience of a university Bangladesh. 5. Research in public administration: an Islamic perspective. 6. Ethics in good governance. Governance of rural development: 7. Government grants to local bodies in Bangladesh. 8. Strengthening union Parishads in Bangladesh: issues and policy options. 9. Rural development through local government: a suggested model of co-ordination at the union level. Education and human development: 10. Education and human resource development: a comprehensive approach from Islamic perspective. Reviews.

"This book presents illuminating analysis on social justice, the universal quest of mankind. What does justice mean? What institutional mechanism is needed to realize it? What sort of human qualities are needed to ensure the value of justice in society? all these question have been adequately addressed in this book. In so doing, the author has made an extensive survey of different theories of justice beginning from platonic conception to modern formulation by John Rawls.

The book is an anthology of ten articles and three book reviews. Most of them have previously been appeared in research journals published both from home and abroad. One salient feature of these articles is that side by side with western theories, the author has succinctly highlighted Islamic principles. This may be a useful reference book for students and social science researchers especially for those interested in development studies." (jacket)