Conquests and Rents

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ISBN9781009367516
PublisherCambridge University Press
Price (excl. tax)€39.53
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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.