Conquests and Rents: A Political Economy of Dictatorship and Violence in Muslim Societies
Journal of Economic Literature
2023
Eric Chaney of University of Oxford reviews “Conquests and Rents: A Political Economy of Dictatorship and Violence in Muslim Societies” by Faisal Z. Ahmed. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Examines how the institutional legacy of Muslim conquest is a robust determinant of less cohesive institutions in contemporary Muslim societies, detailing how variation in economic rents explain ebbs and flows of dictatorship and propensity for civil wars in these societies.”
- DOI
- 10.1257/jel.61.4.1579.r1
- Volume
- 61 (4)
- Pages
- 1579-1581
- Language
- en
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