Political Order and Inequality

Their Foundations and their Consequences for Human Welfare

AvCarles Boix

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

Del i serien Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics

334 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Inbunden

902 kr

Beskrivning

The fundamental question of political theory, one that 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 problem then opens up two further questions. If a state is necessary to establish order, how does it come into place? And, when it does, what are the consequences for the political status and economic welfare of its citizens? Combining ethnographical material, historical cases, and statistical analysis, this book describes the foundations of stateless societies, why and how states emerge, and the basis of political obligation. As a result of this inquiry, it explains 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-02-16
Mått:151 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Antal sidor:334
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107461079

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Carles Boix is the Robert Garrett Professor of Politics and Public Affairs in the Department of Politics and at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. His first book, Political Parties, Growth and Equality (Cambridge, 1998), examines the different means through which partisan governments manage the economy in a globalized world. In his more recent work, Democracy and Redistribution (Cambridge, 2003), Boix describes the economic and institutional conditions that lead to democratization. Both books received the William Riker award for the best book on political economy. Boix coedited the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics (2007), which has quickly become one of the main works of reference in political science, and has published in the top journals of the discipline, such as the American Political Science Review and World Politics. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Recensioner i media

'With analytical clarity and fresh data, Carles Boix has produced a work that cannot be ignored by scholars interested in the biggest questions about politics, economics and society. What kinds of regimes generate the strongest economies? Where do these regimes come from? What is the relationship among politics, growth and inequality? Boix does not offer sound bite answers. Deeply historical, this book provides a multi-layered, interdisciplinary analysis of how we got where we are today and what our prospects are for the future.' Frances Rosenbluth, Damon Wells Professor of Political Science, Yale University, Connecticut

Innehållsförteckning

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

Carles Boix

Inbunden

1 065 kr