Conquests And Rents: A Political Economy Of Dictatorship And Violence In Muslim Societies (Political Economy Of Institutions And Decisions)

Why do many Muslim-majority societies exhibit dictatorship and violence? It is not due to Islam nor aspects of Muslim culture. Rather, this book argues the institutional legacy of the Muslim conquests and variation in nontax government revenues (rents) explain patterns of dictatorship and violence in many Muslim societies today--

• | Author: Faisal Z. Ahmed
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 250 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1009367498
• | ISBN-13: 9781009367493