Author: Ali Rahnema
Publisher: Zed Book
Keywords: islamic, society, studies, revival, pioneers
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1994-10-15
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1856492540
ISBN-13: 9781856492546

This accessible history of contemporary Islam examines the political environment, life and works of those nineteenth and twentieth century thinkers who believed in Islam’s capacity to solve the problems of the modern world and to restore the self-respect and influence of Middle Eastern societies. It provides a balanced account of their contribution to contemporary revolutionary Islam and to political developments in countries from Morocco to Indonesia. The book explains the roots of diverse movements in Islamic society, illustrates the breadth and heterogeneity of Islamic thought, dispel

Author: Moe Rahnema
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: operation, gsm, inter, optimization, network, planning, umts
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-11-28
List price: $142.00
ISBN-10: 0470823011
ISBN-13: 9780470823019

UMTS Network Planning, Optimization, and Inter-Operation with GSM is an accessible, one-stop reference to help engineers effectively reduce the time and costs involved in UMTS deployment and optimization. Rahnema includes detailed coverage from both a theoretical and practical perspective on the planning and optimization aspects of UMTS, and a number of other new techniques to help operators get the most out of their networks. Provides an end-to-end perspective, from network design to optimization Incorporates the hands-on experiences of numerous researchers Single author

Author: Ali Rahnema
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Keywords: ali, shariati, biography, political, utopian, islamic
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2000-06-03
List price: $41.00
ISBN-10: 1860645526
ISBN-13: 9781860645525

This book provides a new understanding of a man who played a significant part in the Iranian revolution and an analysis of a current of political Islam that has influenced movements throughout the Middle East.This full-length political biography looks at Ali Shari`ati’s life and thought in the context of the complex and contradictory cultural, social, and political conditions of the Iranian society that shaped him.

Authors:Majid Rahnema, Victoria Bawtree,
Publisher: Zed Books
Keywords: reader, development, post
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1997-03-15
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1856494748
ISBN-13: 9781856494748

Most scholars and practitioners are now agreed that the world is on the threshold of a completely new era in the history of development. This Reader brings together in a powerfully diverse, but ultimately coherent, statement some of the very best thinking on the subject by scholars and activists from both North and South. They provide a devastating critique of what the mainstream paradigm has in practice done to the peoples of the world and to their richly diverse and sustainable ways of living. They also present some of the essential ideas out of which the victims of development are now const