with Toni Johnson, Council on Foreign Relations: “Free Speech and Muslim Unrest,” September 28, 2012.
Category Archives: Islam & political development
Policy brief: “Building Arab Civil Society to Promote Economic Growth”
“Building Arab Civil Society to Promote Economic Growth.” Addressing the 100 Million Youth Challenge: Perspectives on Youth Unemployment in the Arab World 2012, World Economic Forum, 4-6 June 2012, 15-17.
Radio discussion: “Middle East: Too Soon for Democracy?”
BBC Radio Analysis, moderated by Edward Stourton, “Middle East: Too Soon for Democracy?” Several participants, May 28, 2012.
Video interview: “Islamic Law and the Challenge of Democracy”
Istanbul Seminars, May 20, 2012: “Islamic Law and the Challenge of Democracy.”
Article: “Political Consequences of the Middle East’s Economic Legacy”
“Political Consequences of the Middle East’s Economic Legacy.” In Institutions and Patterns of Economic Development: Proceedings of the Sixteenth World Congress of the International Economic Association, vol. 1, ed. Masahoki Aoki, Timur Kuran, and Gérard Roland (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), 99-115.
Article: “The Economic Roots of Political Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective”
“The Economic Roots of Political Underdevelopment in the Middle East: A Historical Perspective.” Southern Economic Journal, 78 (2012): 1086-95.
- Turkish translation by Gözde Soykan: “Ortadoğu’daki Politik Başarısızlıkların Ekonomik Kökenleri: Tarihsel Bir Perspektif,” Journal of Economics and Political Economy, 1 (September 2014): 68-76.
Article: “Judicial Biases in Ottoman Istanbul: Islamic Justice and Its Compatibility with Modern Economic Life”
(with Scott Lustig) “Judicial Biases in Ottoman Istanbul: Islamic Justice and Its Compatibility with Modern Economic Life.” Journal of Law and Economics, 55 (2012): 631-66.
Op-ed: “The Weak Foundations of Arab Democracy”
“The Weak Foundations of Arab Democracy,” New York Times, May 28, 2011.
- French translation: “Démocratie Arabe : Des Fondations Fragiles.” Libre Afrique.
Interview: “Historical Roots of Middle Eastern Uprisings”
Radio interview with Kai Ryssdal on Marketplace (March 4, 2011): “Historical Roots of Middle Eastern Uprisings.“
Article: “The Rule of Law in Islamic Thought and Practice: A Historical Perspective”
“The Rule of Law in Islamic Thought and Practice: A Historical Perspective,” in Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law, ed. James J. Heckman, Robert L. Nelson, and Lee Cabatingan (New York: Routledge, 2010), pp. 71-89.
Edited book set: Mahkeme Kayıtları Işığında 17. Yüzyıl İstanbul’unda Sosyo-Ekonomik Yaşam / Social and Economic Life in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: Glimpses from Court Records
(Ed.) Topics of volumes:
Interview: “Islam, Economy, and Democracy”
with Simone Cofferati: “Islam, Economy, and Democracy.” EAST (Europe and Asia Strategies), English edition, 13 (February 2007): 77-79.
- Italian translation: “Islam economia e democrazia,” EAST (Europe and Asia Strategies), Italian edition, 13 (February 2007): 77-79.
Article: “The Absence of the Corporation in Islamic Law: Origins and Persistence”
“The Absence of the Corporation in Islamic Law: Origins and Persistence.” American Journal of Comparative Law, 53 (July 2005): 785-834.
Encyclopedia article: “Property”
“Property,” Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, vol. 2 (New York: Macmillan Reference, 2004): 553-54.
Article: “Islamic Statecraft and the Middle East’s Delayed Modernization”
“Islamic Statecraft and the Middle East’s Delayed Modernization,” in Political Competition, Innovation and Growth in the History of Asian Civilizations, ed. Peter Bernholz and Roland Vaubel (Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2004), pp. 150-83.
