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010 $a 2014030813
020 $a9781107089433 (hardback)
020 $a1107089433 (hardback)
020 $a9781107461079 (paperback)
020 $a1107461073 (paperback)
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035 $a(OCoLC)890011253
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn890011253
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050 00 $aJC131$b.B65 2015
082 00 $a320.1$223
100 1 $aBoix, Carles,$eauthor.
245 10 $aPolitical order and inequality :$btheir foundations and their consequences for human welfare /$cCarles Boix.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bCambridge University Press,$c2015.
300 $axiii, 311 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aCambridge studies in comparative politics
520 $a"The fundamental question of political theory, one which precedes all other questions about the nature of political life, is why there is a state at all. Is human cooperation feasible without a political authority enforcing it? Or do we need a state to live together? This question also reveals two further problems. If a state is necessary to establish order, how (and when) does it come into place? If it isn't necessary, what are the consequences for the political status and economic welfare of its citizens? Combining a wealth of ethnographical materials, historical cases, and statistical analysis, this book describes the foundations of stateless societies, why and how states emerge, and the basis of political obligation. This book models the economic and political roots of inequality, describes the causes of the stagnation of the preindustrial world, and explores what led to the West's prosperity of the past two centuries"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe terms of the debt -- 1. Tabula rasa -- 2. Political order -- 3. Technological progress -- 4. Warfare -- 5. Inequality -- 6. Modern breakthrough -- 7. Conclusions.
650 0 $aState, The.
650 0 $aCommon good.
650 0 $aEquality.
830 0 $aCambridge studies in comparative politics.
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