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January 1, 2019
However easily explicable in hindsight, revolutions are typically unforeseeable, because key determinants of individual decisions to join protests are unobservable. Coupled with the interdependence of individual choices, unobservability ensures that many r ...
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January 1, 2018
The economic institutions of the classical Islamic world include Islamic contract law and the waqf, a form of trust. Until modern times, these two institutions were generally beneficial to economic performance. However, each had limitations that eventually ...
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January 1, 2013
The rise of movements to restore Islamic law and broaden its reach constitutes one of the most significant events of our time. These movements have spawned vast literatures, energized political movements that have shaken the global international order, and ...
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October 4, 2010
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January 1, 2010
Introduction: Since the nineteenth century, when it became abundantly clear that the Islamic world had become economically underdeveloped with respect to Western Europe and its cultural offshoots on other continents, diverse thinkers have explored whether ...
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January 1, 2004
7. Islamic statecraft and the Middle East’s delayed modernization Timur Kuran Pre-modern states that ruled in the name of Islam are often characterized as absolutist. The implication is that they exploited their subjects and menaced foreigners with formida ...
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