Faisal Z. Ahmed (New Jersey Princeton University)

Conquests and Rents

A Political Economy of Dictatorship and Violence in Muslim Societies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9781009367516
• ISBN-10: 100936751X
• Artikelnr.: 67325973

Autorenporträt

Faisal Z. Ahmed studies political economy and international economics. His research is interdisciplinary and has appeared in journals, such as the American Political Science Review and The Review of Economics and Statistics. Ahmed is the author of The Perils of International Capital (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. A Political Economy Approach: 1. Political violence
2. Analytical framework
Part II. The Institutional Legacy of Muslim Conquest: 3. The conquest equilibrium
4. Conquest fostered autocratization
5. The autocratic legacy of Muslim conquest
Part III. The impact of contemporary rents on dictatorship and violence: 6. Fueling authoritarian resilience
7. Aiding political violence
8. Democratic transitions in non-Muslim societies
Part IV. Conclusion: 9. Conclusion.