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Timur Kuran

Timur Kuran

Gorter Family Distinguished Professor of Islamic Studies
Economics
t.kuran@duke.edu
Box 90097, Department of Economics, Durham, NC 27708
Department of Economics, Box 90097, 213 Chapel Drive, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Scholarly editions

Institutional Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East: Civic Legacies of the Islamic Waqf

Scholarly edition · June 12, 2014 In the pre-modern Middle East the closest thing to an autonomous private organization was the Islamic waqf. This non-state institution inhibited political participation, collective action, and rule of law, among other indicators of democratization. It did ... Open Access Cite