Publications [#238467] of Timur Kuran

Journal Articles

1. Kuran, PT, Sous-déloppement économique au moyen-orient: Le rôle historique de la culture, des institutions et de la religion, Afrique Contemporaine, vol. 226 no. 2 (November, 2008), pp. 31-54, CAIRN, ISSN 0002-0478 [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/18)

   Abstract:
   Can worldwide disparities in levels of development be explained by institutional or cultural factors? In Timur Kuran's view, the belated development of the Middle East may be explained by structural factors embedded in Islamic institutions rather than in Islamic culture itself. Attitudes and behaviour traditionally attributed to Islamic culture are in fact nothing more than the current-day expression of these factors and should not be interpreted outside a conjunctural context.