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Culture, institutions, and ...
Does culture matter? This question has taken on added significance since fundamentalist revivalism has recently gained ground in different parts of the world. The old controversy between Max Weber and Karl Marx, which centres around the extent to which cultural factors such as social norms and values affect economic growth is of critical importance, particularly because of its policy implications. Indeed, if culture is not an autonomous factor susceptible to influencing economic realities, it should not matter and public authorities can dispense with thinking about cultural interventions. On t.
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monografia Rebiun25300020 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun25300020 m o d cr |n|---||||| 101018s2011 nyua ob 001 0 eng d 748777525 1086422132 9780203843338 0203843339 9780415580076 hbk.) 0415580072 hbk.) 9781136912108 e-book ; PDF) 113691210X 9781136912054 e-book ; Mobi) 1136912053 9781136912092 e-book ; ePub) 1136912096 9780415749961 paperback) 0415749964 9786612886010 EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ MHW IDEBK TLS MERUC OCLCQ OCLCF OCLCQ DEBSZ AZU OCLCQ UUM OCLCA UKAHL OCLCQ LEAUB OCLCQ Culture, institutions, and development new insights into an old debate edited by Jean-Philippe Platteau and Robert Peccoud New York Routledge 2011 New York New York Routledge 1 online resource (289 pages) illustrations, digital 1 online resource (289 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Routledge Studies in Development Economics Includes bibliographical references and index Part I Overview of issues -- The role of culture in development: An overview -- Culture and development: The continuing tension between modern standards and local contexts -- Culture and development: Do social struggles make a difference? -- Part II Religion, family and ethnicity -- Economic underdevelopment in the Middle East: The historical roles of culture, institutions and religion; Comments on Timur Kuran's chapter -- Family and kinship ties in development: An economist's perspective -- The demand for disadvantage -- Part III Culture and entrepreneurship -- Markets and the diffusion of institutional innovations -- Culture, management and development -- The invention of traditions and entrepreneurship: A critical perspective -- Culture matters for poverty, but not because of a culture of poverty: Notes on analytics and policy -- Comments on Michael Walton's chapter -- Comments on Michael Walton's chapter Does culture matter? This question has taken on added significance since fundamentalist revivalism has recently gained ground in different parts of the world. The old controversy between Max Weber and Karl Marx, which centres around the extent to which cultural factors such as social norms and values affect economic growth is of critical importance, particularly because of its policy implications. Indeed, if culture is not an autonomous factor susceptible to influencing economic realities, it should not matter and public authorities can dispense with thinking about cultural interventions. On t. Economic development- Sociological aspects Economics- Sociological aspects Culture Social institutions Culture. Economic development- Sociological aspects. Economics- Sociological aspects. Social institutions. Electronic books Platteau, J. P. Jean-Philippe) 1947-) Peccoud, Robert Print version Platteau, Jean-Philippe. Culture, Institutions, and Development : New Insights Into an Old Debate. Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, ©2010 9780415580076 Routledge studies in development economics 84