Islamic welfare groups filled the service vacuum left by states under neoliberal pressure

Evidence

Islamic welfare organizations around the Muslim world have increasingly stepped in to fi the vaccum left by post.. colonial states as these states, under neoliberal economic pressures, have withdrawn from providing social services to their citizens. — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 24

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly supports the ‘trees as infrastructure’ article’s theme: alternative institutions supplying what state infrastructure withdraws — religious welfare as shadow infrastructure.
• XREF: Connects to the law-merchant material on private institutions filling gaps left by state withdrawal.