Zulkarnain A Hatta
Biographic Data
| ID | 6812667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zulkarnain A Hatta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zulkarnain A |
| FAMILY NAME | Hatta |
| SIGNATURE | HATTA Z A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7339-3939 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reviving and Re-Writing Ethics in Social Research For Commoning the Community
"In the continuously changing field of social sciences, ethical considerations in anthropological studies pose unprecedented challenges. The book Reviving and Re-Writing Ethics in Social Research For Commoning the Community embarks on a transformative journey, moving beyond historical analysis to address pressing contemporary questions about the norms governing anthropological study. Who guards the guardians? What ethical challenges does the mode…
The Intersection of Faith, Culture, and Indigenous Community in Malaysia and Bangladesh
Malezya’daki̇ Müslüman “Sosyal Hi̇zmet” Faali̇yetleri̇
Bu araştırma, Malezya’daki Müslüman sosyal hizmet faaliyetlerini gözden geçirmeyi hedeflemektedir. Çalışmanın genel amacı câmilerin, İslami dini kurumların ve üstadın (din görevlisi) “sosyal hizmet” alanında neler yapmakta olduklarını olabildiğince nesnel ve deneysel olarak bilmek ve kayıt altına almaktır. Rapor birkaç başlık halinde düzenlenecektir. Rapora sosyal ve ekonomik durum, eğitim sistemi gibi temel demografik bilgilere ışık tutan kısa b…
Islamic and local knowledge on social work in Malaysia and Bangladesh
Professional social work emerged on the basis of secular and Eurocentric worldview in the West in the late 19th century. As emerging nations in the 1940s, Asian Muslims were not spared being colonized in ways more than just physical presence by foreign powers. This article describes briefly how professional social work entered Malaysia and Bangladesh. The focus is to show how Western-based social work knowledge influenced the respective curriculu…
Microfinance as a Development and Poverty Alleviation Tool in Rural Bangladesh: A Critical Assessment
Poverty is multidimensional in nature and exists in every part of the world. Microfinance is considered one of the most important programs to achieve poverty reduction, particularly in Bangladesh. It has been estimated that nearly 45% of Bangladesh's population lives below the poverty line. This qualitative research study was conducted in order to determine the effectiveness of microfinance programs and the contributing factors to the high‐level …
Microfinance Helps to Rural Women for Poverty Reduction in the District of Bogra, Bangladesh
The primary objective of this study was to examine the role of microfinance programs in poverty reduction among the poor women in Bogra District. The study was based on data collected from a total of 400 microfinance beneficiaries, which was recruited using a simple random sampling in the year 2011. The study findings suggested that there was no significant relationship of microfinance on specific variables such as household income, education opp…
Professional and Functional Alternative Social Workers: A Case Study of Malaysia
The objective of this study was to compare “professional” ( PW ) and “functional alternative” ( FA ) social workers. The findings suggested that there were no significant differences between PW s and FA s in intervention, evaluation methods, work ethics, and values. The PW s, in clients' eyes, were better at delivering services, while FA s' services were more satisfactory to the clients. While PW s were supposed to be “professional,” FA s were mo…
Zakat as a Poverty Reduction Mechanism Among the M uslim Community: Case Study of B angladesh, M alaysia, and I ndonesia
Poverty reduction remains the most important challenge for policy makers in I slamic communities. The W orld B ank (2010: Poverty profile in M uslim world, from http://www.worldbank.org ) estimates that approximately 3 billion people are living in poverty and 46 million more people will come under the income level of US $1.25 a day due to the recent global economic meltdown and slow economic growth rates. Thirty‐five percent of these people are M…
Transforming the Local Capacity on Natural Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladeshi Communities: A Social Work Perspective
Bangladesh has been a severe victim of its various sporadic natural disasters—flood, cyclone and storm surge, flash flood, drought, tornado, riverbank erosion, and landslide. Familial and societal lives and security of people are being seriously disturbed by these natural calamities every year. They also bring deadly damage to the economy and general environment of the country. Natural disasters cannot be pre‐empted at all, but their damage can b…
Women's Empowerment or Disempowerment through Microfinance: Evidence from Bangladesh
Women's empowerment has been one of the declared goals of Bangladesh's national development program, and microfinance is playing a leading role in bringing about the realization of this program. Since one of the intended goals of microfinance is to empower women, this concept paper attempts to investigate the success rate — does microfinance truly empower or is it a case of disempowering through “empowerment”? The effectiveness of microfinance to…
The Poverty Situation in Indonesia: Challenges and Progress of the Marginalized Group
This paper focuses on Indonesian poverty alleviation programs. It examines the national poverty reduction programs of cash-based support projects for the poorest of the poor and highly marginalized groups. Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the East Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. In 2005, Indonesia began unconditional cash transfers (UCT) for the first time – giving cash money to the poorest, poor and near-poor targeted household…
Religion and Drug Dependency: A Comparative Study of Malay Male Youth in Malaysia
This study examined the relationship between religion and drug dependency of Malay Muslim youth. A comparison between addicts and nonaddicts were conducted. The comparison was conducted to study the degree of their religiosity, and the effect of that religiosity on their drug behavior. Other factors such as parental relationship, peer influence and personal attitudes were also looked at. The findings showed an overwhelming percentage of the addic…
The Impact of Spiritual Intelligence on the Health of the Elderly in Malaysia
In an attempt to study the impact of spiritual intelligence on the health of the elderly, research has been carried out on 378 elderly people in Perlis, Malaysia. The primary objectives of the study were: (i) to identify the levels of spiritual intelligence and general health of the elderly; (ii) to examine the relationships between spiritual intelligence and health of elderly; (iii) to examine the differences in the level of spiritual intelligen…
The Sufic Paradigm for Stress Management and its Contribution to a Model of Social Work Practice
This article presents Sufism as a model for helping to alleviate human miseries. As the instability, contradictions, and stress of the socioeconomic structure create a frantic search for relevant modes of treatment, the theories and methods espoused in Sufism present an alternative approach to be taken up in the interest of more effective practice; especially in the field of social work, psychology, and counseling. Sufic masters or teachers, by t…
Towards Establishing School Social Work in Malaysia
This paper calls for the introduction of school social work in Malaysia. Many industrialized countries have introduced school social work, partly because teachers are not able to tackle students' personal and social problems. Teachers are burdened with teaching tasks and are not trained to handle social problems. The introduction of school social work in these developed countries was an admission that there was only so much teachers could do in a…
Transforming the Local Capacity on Natural Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladeshi Communities: A Social Work Perspective
Bangladesh has been a severe victim of its various sporadic natural disasters—flood, cyclone and storm surge, flash flood, drought, tornado, riverbank erosion, and landslide. Familial and societal lives and security of people are being seriously disturbed by these natural calamities every year. They also bring deadly damage to the economy and general environment of the country. Natural disasters cannot be pre‐empted at all, but their damage can b…
Zakat as a Poverty Reduction Mechanism Among the M uslim Community: Case Study of B angladesh, M alaysia, and I ndonesia
Poverty reduction remains the most important challenge for policy makers in I slamic communities. The W orld B ank (2010: Poverty profile in M uslim world, from http://www.worldbank.org ) estimates that approximately 3 billion people are living in poverty and 46 million more people will come under the income level of US $1.25 a day due to the recent global economic meltdown and slow economic growth rates. Thirty‐five percent of these people are M…
Microfinance as a Development and Poverty Alleviation Tool in Rural Bangladesh: A Critical Assessment
Poverty is multidimensional in nature and exists in every part of the world. Microfinance is considered one of the most important programs to achieve poverty reduction, particularly in Bangladesh. It has been estimated that nearly 45% of Bangladesh's population lives below the poverty line. This qualitative research study was conducted in order to determine the effectiveness of microfinance programs and the contributing factors to the high‐level …
Women's Empowerment or Disempowerment through Microfinance: Evidence from Bangladesh
Women's empowerment has been one of the declared goals of Bangladesh's national development program, and microfinance is playing a leading role in bringing about the realization of this program. Since one of the intended goals of microfinance is to empower women, this concept paper attempts to investigate the success rate — does microfinance truly empower or is it a case of disempowering through “empowerment”? The effectiveness of microfinance to…
The Poverty Situation in Indonesia: Challenges and Progress of the Marginalized Group
This paper focuses on Indonesian poverty alleviation programs. It examines the national poverty reduction programs of cash-based support projects for the poorest of the poor and highly marginalized groups. Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the East Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. In 2005, Indonesia began unconditional cash transfers (UCT) for the first time – giving cash money to the poorest, poor and near-poor targeted household…
The Impact of Spiritual Intelligence on the Health of the Elderly in Malaysia
In an attempt to study the impact of spiritual intelligence on the health of the elderly, research has been carried out on 378 elderly people in Perlis, Malaysia. The primary objectives of the study were: (i) to identify the levels of spiritual intelligence and general health of the elderly; (ii) to examine the relationships between spiritual intelligence and health of elderly; (iii) to examine the differences in the level of spiritual intelligen…
Towards Establishing School Social Work in Malaysia
This paper calls for the introduction of school social work in Malaysia. Many industrialized countries have introduced school social work, partly because teachers are not able to tackle students' personal and social problems. Teachers are burdened with teaching tasks and are not trained to handle social problems. The introduction of school social work in these developed countries was an admission that there was only so much teachers could do in a…
The Sufic Paradigm for Stress Management and its Contribution to a Model of Social Work Practice
This article presents Sufism as a model for helping to alleviate human miseries. As the instability, contradictions, and stress of the socioeconomic structure create a frantic search for relevant modes of treatment, the theories and methods espoused in Sufism present an alternative approach to be taken up in the interest of more effective practice; especially in the field of social work, psychology, and counseling. Sufic masters or teachers, by t…
Towards Establishing School Social Work in Malaysia
This paper calls for the introduction of school social work in Malaysia. Many industrialized countries have introduced school social work, partly because teachers are not able to tackle students' personal and social problems. Teachers are burdened with teaching tasks and are not trained to handle social problems. The introduction of school social work in these developed countries was an admission that there was only so much teachers could do in a…
Religion and Drug Dependency: A Comparative Study of Malay Male Youth in Malaysia
This study examined the relationship between religion and drug dependency of Malay Muslim youth. A comparison between addicts and nonaddicts were conducted. The comparison was conducted to study the degree of their religiosity, and the effect of that religiosity on their drug behavior. Other factors such as parental relationship, peer influence and personal attitudes were also looked at. The findings showed an overwhelming percentage of the addic…
The Impact of Spiritual Intelligence on the Health of the Elderly in Malaysia
In an attempt to study the impact of spiritual intelligence on the health of the elderly, research has been carried out on 378 elderly people in Perlis, Malaysia. The primary objectives of the study were: (i) to identify the levels of spiritual intelligence and general health of the elderly; (ii) to examine the relationships between spiritual intelligence and health of elderly; (iii) to examine the differences in the level of spiritual intelligen…
The Poverty Situation in Indonesia: Challenges and Progress of the Marginalized Group
This paper focuses on Indonesian poverty alleviation programs. It examines the national poverty reduction programs of cash-based support projects for the poorest of the poor and highly marginalized groups. Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the East Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. In 2005, Indonesia began unconditional cash transfers (UCT) for the first time – giving cash money to the poorest, poor and near-poor targeted household…
Women's Empowerment or Disempowerment through Microfinance: Evidence from Bangladesh
Women's empowerment has been one of the declared goals of Bangladesh's national development program, and microfinance is playing a leading role in bringing about the realization of this program. Since one of the intended goals of microfinance is to empower women, this concept paper attempts to investigate the success rate — does microfinance truly empower or is it a case of disempowering through “empowerment”? The effectiveness of microfinance to…
Transforming the Local Capacity on Natural Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladeshi Communities: A Social Work Perspective
Bangladesh has been a severe victim of its various sporadic natural disasters—flood, cyclone and storm surge, flash flood, drought, tornado, riverbank erosion, and landslide. Familial and societal lives and security of people are being seriously disturbed by these natural calamities every year. They also bring deadly damage to the economy and general environment of the country. Natural disasters cannot be pre‐empted at all, but their damage can b…
Professional and Functional Alternative Social Workers: A Case Study of Malaysia
The objective of this study was to compare “professional” ( PW ) and “functional alternative” ( FA ) social workers. The findings suggested that there were no significant differences between PW s and FA s in intervention, evaluation methods, work ethics, and values. The PW s, in clients' eyes, were better at delivering services, while FA s' services were more satisfactory to the clients. While PW s were supposed to be “professional,” FA s were mo…
Zakat as a Poverty Reduction Mechanism Among the M uslim Community: Case Study of B angladesh, M alaysia, and I ndonesia
Poverty reduction remains the most important challenge for policy makers in I slamic communities. The W orld B ank (2010: Poverty profile in M uslim world, from http://www.worldbank.org ) estimates that approximately 3 billion people are living in poverty and 46 million more people will come under the income level of US $1.25 a day due to the recent global economic meltdown and slow economic growth rates. Thirty‐five percent of these people are M…
Microfinance Helps to Rural Women for Poverty Reduction in the District of Bogra, Bangladesh
The primary objective of this study was to examine the role of microfinance programs in poverty reduction among the poor women in Bogra District. The study was based on data collected from a total of 400 microfinance beneficiaries, which was recruited using a simple random sampling in the year 2011. The study findings suggested that there was no significant relationship of microfinance on specific variables such as household income, education opp…
Microfinance as a Development and Poverty Alleviation Tool in Rural Bangladesh: A Critical Assessment
Poverty is multidimensional in nature and exists in every part of the world. Microfinance is considered one of the most important programs to achieve poverty reduction, particularly in Bangladesh. It has been estimated that nearly 45% of Bangladesh's population lives below the poverty line. This qualitative research study was conducted in order to determine the effectiveness of microfinance programs and the contributing factors to the high‐level …
Malezya’daki̇ Müslüman “Sosyal Hi̇zmet” Faali̇yetleri̇
Bu araştırma, Malezya’daki Müslüman sosyal hizmet faaliyetlerini gözden geçirmeyi hedeflemektedir. Çalışmanın genel amacı câmilerin, İslami dini kurumların ve üstadın (din görevlisi) “sosyal hizmet” alanında neler yapmakta olduklarını olabildiğince nesnel ve deneysel olarak bilmek ve kayıt altına almaktır. Rapor birkaç başlık halinde düzenlenecektir. Rapora sosyal ve ekonomik durum, eğitim sistemi gibi temel demografik bilgilere ışık tutan kısa b…
Islamic and local knowledge on social work in Malaysia and Bangladesh
Professional social work emerged on the basis of secular and Eurocentric worldview in the West in the late 19th century. As emerging nations in the 1940s, Asian Muslims were not spared being colonized in ways more than just physical presence by foreign powers. This article describes briefly how professional social work entered Malaysia and Bangladesh. The focus is to show how Western-based social work knowledge influenced the respective curriculu…
Reviving and Re-Writing Ethics in Social Research For Commoning the Community
"In the continuously changing field of social sciences, ethical considerations in anthropological studies pose unprecedented challenges. The book Reviving and Re-Writing Ethics in Social Research For Commoning the Community embarks on a transformative journey, moving beyond historical analysis to address pressing contemporary questions about the norms governing anthropological study. Who guards the guardians? What ethical challenges does the mode…
The Intersection of Faith, Culture, and Indigenous Community in Malaysia and Bangladesh
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Poverty (5 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works)