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Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison. By Ahmet T. Kuru. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. xvii, 303 pp. ISBN: 9781108409476 (paper).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2022

Jeremy Menchik
Jeremy Menchik*
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Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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menchik@bu.edu
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 80 , Issue 4 , November 2021 , pp. 1152 - 1154
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