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Left, right, or neither? Islamism as social blueprint

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  • Mario Ferrero

    (University of Eastern Piedmont)

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Islamists have been variously seen as close to the radical Left or the radical Right. We outline the basic features of socialism, fascism, and Islamism as social blueprints and then subject them to some economic models of political change. Since socialism bifurcated into a radical and a moderate branch (communism and social democracy) whereas fascism never did, we ask if any such bifurcation can be expected of Islamism. We find that socialism could, while fascism and Islamism could not, harness the self-interest of an already existing reform sector that would drive the political transformation.

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  • Mario Ferrero, 2024. "Left, right, or neither? Islamism as social blueprint," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 35(4), pages 500-522, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:copoec:v:35:y:2024:i:4:d:10.1007_s10602-023-09421-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10602-023-09421-0
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    Keywords

    Islamism; Socialism; Fascism; Revolution; Reform; Principal-agent theory; Producer cooperatives;
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    JEL classification:

    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • P2 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies

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