The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French RevolutionProfile Books, 12 mag 2011 - 631 pagine Nations are not trapped by their pasts, but events that happened hundreds or even thousands of years ago continue to exert huge influence on present-day politics. If we are to understand the politics that we now take for granted, we need to understand its origins. |
Sommario
BEFORE THE STATE | |
THE NECESSITY OF POLITICS | |
THE STATE OF NATURE | |
THE TYRANNY OF COUSINS | |
PROPERTY JUSTICE | |
THE COMING OF THE LEVIATHAN | |
STATE BUILDING | |
THE RULE OF LAW 17 THE ORIGINS OF THE RULE OF | |
THE CHURCH BECOMES A STATE | |
THE STATE BECOMES A CHURCH | |
ORIENTAL DESPOTISM | |
STATIONARY BANDITS | |
ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT | |
THE RISE OF POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY | |
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 | |
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 | |
NOTES | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |
INDEX | |
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