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100 1 $aFukuyama, Francis.
245 14 $aThe origins of political order :$bfrom prehuman times to the French Revolution /$cFrancis Fukuyama.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2011.
300 $axiv, 585 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aFrancis Fukuyama examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order.
505 0 $apart I: 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 -- part II: 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 politics -- Slavery and the Muslim exit from tribalism -- The Mamluks save Islam -- The functioning and decline of the Ottoman state --- Christianity undermines the family -- part III: 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 -- part IV: 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? -- part V: Toward a theory of political development. Political development and political decay -- Political development, then and now.
650 0 $aState, The$xHistory.
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650 0 $aComparative government$xHistory.
650 0 $aDemocracy$xHistory.
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700 1 $iContinued by:$aFukuyama, Francis.$tPolitical order and political decay.
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