Political economy of peace, development and law
International Journal of Ethics and Systems
ISSN: 2514-9369
Article publication date: 17 October 2018
Issue publication date: 6 June 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to explain the discipline of political economy in terms of the theory of conflict and conflict resolution on social matters. Such a theory arises substantively from the generalized and unique methodological worldview of unity of knowledge found in the Islamic epistemological case.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper simply uses this epistemic background without dwelling in details of the Islamic methodological worldview of unity of knowledge. Among the central social issues examined in this paper is that of preservation of peace in terms of pressing issues that complement with the concept of well-being.
Findings
The imminent study of political economy of socioeconomic development and United Nations Declaration of Human Rights is explained as a broader concept of peace as organic relational balance between the good and true pursuits of life in terms of common global well-being. Within this purview, analytical examination is made of various theoretical precepts. Within the same goal of peaceful coexistence and global conflict resolution, the official stand of Malaysia in global peace is enunciated.
Originality/value
The paper conveys a critical conceptual idea to debate the scope and approach of political economy of peace, development and law matters. The results of the approach used in this study constitute a major contribution of this paper to scholarship in general and acts as a critique of developmental thought of political economy of peace and law.
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Citation
Taifur, M.A. (2019), "Political economy of peace, development and law", International Journal of Ethics and Systems, Vol. 35 No. 2, pp. 195-206. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOES-05-2018-0076
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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