Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: On the Logical Character and Coherence of Islamic Economics -- Chapter 2: Consilience as Islamic Methodology of Tawhid: The General Socio-Scientific Framework -- Chapter 3: Economics for a Better Future -- Chapter 4: Game-Theoretic Investigation...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Editorial Pro-Poor Tourism: Do ‘Tourism Exchanges Benefit Primarily the Countries of the South’? / Hall, C. Michael -- 2. Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: An Integrative Research Framework / Zhao, Weibing / Brent Ritchie, J. R. -- 3. Tourism as a Tool for...

Regional disparities in income have been an important part of the growth of experience of most nation states. Canada is no exception. In a large country, thinly populated and having a wide diversity of resources, cultures, and locational advantages, it is only natural to expect the existence of...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. We Become What We Measure -- 1. More, Better, Faster: The Beginnings -- 2. The Origins of Bling: The Spirit of Economic Growth -- 3. The Crucible of Crisis: The Great Depression and the Need for Economic Indicators -- 4. Born from...

This study is an attempt to find a solution to the problem of fiscal adjustment between a province or a state and its municipalities–a pressing problem throughout Canada and the United States and in many other countries in view of the great disparities in the revenue-raising capacity of...