Origins of political order : from prehuman times to the French revolution /
Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents....
| Основен автор: | Fukuyama, Francis, 1952- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2012.
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Съдържание:
- Before the State. The necessity of politics
- The state of nature
- The tyranny of cousins
- Tribal societies: property, justice, war
- The coming of the Leviathan.
- State Building. Chinese tribalism
- War and the rise of the Chinese State
- The Great Han System
- Political decay and the return of patrimonial government
- The Indian detour
- Varnas and Jatis
- Weaknesses of Indian polities
- Slavery and the Muslim exit from tribalism
- The Mamluks save Islam
- The functioning and decline of the Ottoman State
- Christianity undermines the family.
- The Rule of Law. The origins of the rule of law
- The Church becomes a state
- The State becomes a church
- Oriental despotism
- Stationary bandits.
- Accountable Government. The rise of political accountability
- Rente seekers
- Patrimonialism crosses the Atlantic
- East of the Elbe
- Toward a more perfect absolutism
- Taxation and representation
- Why accountability? Why absolutism?
- Toward a Theory of Political Development. Political development and political decay
- Political development, then and now.