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9780415580076

Culture, Institutions, and Development: New Insights Into an Old Debate

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415580076

  • ISBN10:

    0415580072

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-10-21
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

This book brings together economists, sociologists and anthropologists to discuss the role of culture in economic development, addressing such issues as religion, family, ethnic ties, entrepreneurship and poverty.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributorsp. xiii
Acknowledgementsp. xvii
Overview of issuesp. 1
The role of culture in development: an overviewp. 3
Culture and development: the continuing tension between modern standards and local contextsp. 20
Culture and development: do social struggles make a difference?p. 65
Religion, family and ethnicityp. 85
Economic underdevelopment in the Middle East: the historical roles of culture, institutions and religionp. 87
Comments on Timur Kuran's chapterp. 103
Family and kinship ties in development: an economist's perspectivep. 107
The demand for disadvantagep. 125
Culture and entrepreneurshipp. 141
Markets and the diffusion of institutional innovationsp. 143
Culture, management and developmentp. 160
The invention of traditions and entrepreneurship: a critical perspectivep. 171
Culture and poverty reductionp. 193
Culture matters for poverty, but not because of a culture of poverty: notes on analytics and policyp. 195
Comments on Michael Walton's chapterp. 234
Comments on Michael Walton's chapterp. 239
Conclusionp. 245
Revisiting the role of culturep. 247
Indexp. 259
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