Bin Noor Azalie, Izni Azrein;
(2025)
Islamic Governmentality and Food Business Development: The Case of Brunei Halal Certification (2011- 2021).
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This research delves into Brunei's halal certification program in the food industry through the lens of Foucault's (1991a) governmentality. Employing "Islamic governmentality”, it explores the interplay of political rationalities and governing technologies used in halal governance, as seen through Dean’s (2010) Analytics of Government (AOG), and the impact on Brunei's food businesses. Analysis of Halal Food Control Division’s (HFCD) social media and governor interviews underscore the significant role of the monarchy in shaping political rationalities for halalisation and the use of diverse governing technologies, such as the Quran and the Hadith and industrial halal, as well as the digital space for socialisation, knowledge production, sharing, and creating halal behavioural standards. It also brings to light the existence of various governmentalities within halal certification governance. Insights from business surveys and interviews highlight the challenges in translating the idealised vision of Islamic governance into actual practices, including information asymmetries, ineffective knowledge-sharing, and personalised halal certification processes. Economically, businesses faced escalated production costs, limited market access, and imbalanced power dynamics with standard-setters, which impeded growth. These findings offer evidence of the impact of halal governance when Islamic governmentality, a concept that remains largely theoretical in contemporary Islamic ethics and governance fields, is put into action. Furthermore, assessing governmentality and its effects on the governed subject in this study provides extended linkages that Foucauldian governmentality scholars have yet to make clear, a novelty in its own terms. This is imperative as the world is in the middle of a transition, with more efforts being put into materialising the vision 2030 via the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Therefore, by proposing the integration of five components in Islamic governance for effective halal governmentality, the Integrated Islamic Halal Governmentality (IIHG) model is formulated to achieve fair and just halal governance whilst addressing some essential components relating to sustainability.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Islamic Governmentality and Food Business Development: The Case of Brunei Halal Certification (2011- 2021) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2025. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10210586 |
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