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Islam, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment : a global and historical comparison /

Why do Muslim-majority countries exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of socio-economic development in comparison to world averages? Ahmet T. Kuru criticizes explanations which point to Islam as the cause of this disparity, because Muslims were philosophically and socio-economicall...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kuru, Ahmet T. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Islamic countries > Civilization. Islamic countries > Economic conditions. Islamic civilization > Economic aspects. East and West.

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