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

"This book employs comparative historical methods while comparing certain periods of Islamic history with each other as well with particular periods of Western European history. One method it uses is "process tracing," which traces the causes of change by dividing a historical process...

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Main Author: Kuru, Ahmet T. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Port Melbourne, VIC New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2019
In:Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: Kuru, Ahmet T., Islam, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment] (2021) (Calvert, John C. M.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Islam / Rückständigkeit / Development / Authoritarian state / Elite
IxTheo Classification:BJ Islam
Further subjects:B Islamic countries Economic conditions
B Islamic countries Civilization
B Islamic civilization Economic aspects
B Islam
B Islamisches Wirtschaftssystem
B Development
B Islamic countries
B East and West
Online Access: Table of Contents
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:"This book employs comparative historical methods while comparing certain periods of Islamic history with each other as well with particular periods of Western European history. One method it uses is "process tracing," which traces the causes of change by dividing a historical process into smaller and analytically comparable periods. The book also uses the methodological tool of "path dependence" to examine how ideational and material conditions in particular historical periods, especially "critical junctures," shape subsequent conditions by creating a path dependence. For example, in order to examine currently low levels of literacy in Muslim societies, the book traces the historical origins of this problem to these societies' three-century-long delay in establishing printing presses. Muslim societies did not take advantage of the printing technology during and even after the critical juncture of the mid-fifteenth century, when first presses were established in Western Europe. This historical experience created a path dependent literacy gap between Muslim and Western European societies"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 237-291. Index: Seite 293-303
ISBN:1108419097