The long divergence : how Islamic law held back the Middle East /

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In the year 1000, the economy of the Middle East was at least as advanced as that of Europe. But by 1800, the region had fallen dramatically behind--in living standards, technology, and economic institutions. In short, the Middle East had failed to modernize economically as the West surged ahead. Wh...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Kuran, Timur (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Sujets:
Economic development > Religious aspects > Islam.
Islamic law > Economic aspects.
Islam > Economic aspects.
Développement économique > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Droit islamique > Aspect économique.
Islam > Aspect économique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Islamic law > Economic aspects
Economic development > Religious aspects > Islam
Economic history
Economic policy
Islam > Economic aspects
Islam
Recht
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Middle East > Economic conditions.
Middle East > Economic policy.
Moyen-Orient > Conditions économiques.
Moyen-Orient > Politique économique.
Middle East
Naher Osten
Moyen-Orient.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The puzzle of the Middle East's economic retardation
  • Analyzing the economic role of Islam
  • Commercial life under Islamic rule
  • Stagnation of Islamic commercial organization
  • Constraining features of the Islamic inheritance system
  • The absence of the corporation in Islamic law
  • Barriers to the emergence of a Middle Eastern business corporation
  • Credit markets without banks
  • The Islamization of non-Muslim economic life
  • The ascent of the Middle East's religious minorities
  • Origins and fiscal impact of the capitulations
  • Foreign privileges as facilitators of impersonal exchange
  • The absence of Middle Eastern consuls
  • Did Islam inhibit economic development?

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