Conquests and Rents

Name: Conquests and Rents
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Conquests and Rents\nby Faisal Z. Ahmed\nPaperback\nUnknown\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Faisal Z. Ahmed\nTitle: Conquests and Rents\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: Unknown\nTopic: Political economy\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2023\nISBN-13: 9781009367516\nISBN-10: 100936751X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWhy 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.\n\nWhy do many Muslim-majority societies exhibi.