Political order and inequality : their foundations and their consequences for human welfare / Carles Boix.

By:

Boix, Carles [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge studies in comparative politicsDescription: xiii, 311 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781107089433 (hardback)
9781107461079 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.1 23

LOC classification:

JC131 .B65 2015

Other classification:

POL000000

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Tabula rasa; 2. Political order; 3. Technological progress; 4. Warfare; 5. Inequality; 6. Modern breakthrough; 7. Conclusions.

Summary: "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"--

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts	320.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		SSLA-B-7036

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Tabula rasa; 2. Political order; 3. Technological progress; 4. Warfare; 5. Inequality; 6. Modern breakthrough; 7. Conclusions.

"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"--

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