Call number:
PIK D 021-12-0163
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Part I: Before the state ; 1. The necessity of politics ; 2. The state of nature ; 3. The tyranny of cousins ; 4. Tribal societies: property, justice, war ; 5. The coming of the leviathan ; Part II: State building ; 6. Chinese tribalism ; 7. War and the rise of the Chinese state ; 8. The great Han System ; 9. Political decay and the return of patrimonial gevernment ; 10. The Indian detour ; 11. Varnas and Jatis ; 12. Weaknesses of Indian polities ; 13. Slavery and the Muslim exit from tribalism ; 14. The Mamluks save Islam ; 15. The functioning and decline of the Ottoman state ; 16. Christianity undermines the family ; Part III: The rule of law ; 17. The origins of the rule of law ; 18. The church becomes a state ; 19. The state becomes a church ; 20. Oriental despotism ; 21. Stationary bandits ; Part IV: Accountable government ; 22. The rise of political accountability ; 23. Rente seekers ; 24. Patrimonialism crosses the Atlantic ; 25. East of the Elbe ; 26. Toward a more perfect absolutism ; 27. Taxation and representation ; 28. Why accountability? Why absolutism ; Part V: Toward a theory of political development ; 29. Political development and political decay ; 30. Political development, then and now
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XIV, 585 S. : graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
paperback ed.
ISBN:
9781846682575
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
