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008			170221s2015 nyu 001 | eng
020			_a9781107461079
040			_aMIUC _beng _cMIUC
082	0		_a320.1
100	1		_92956 _aBoix, Carles
245	1	0	_aPolitical order and inequality : _btheir foundations and their consequences for human welfare / _cCarles Boix.
260			_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_axiii, 311 p. ; _c23 cm.
490	0		_aCambridge studies in comparative politics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aCh. 1. Tabula rasa -- Ch. 2. Political order -- Ch. 3. Technological progress -- Ch. 4. Warfare -- Ch. 5. Inequality -- Ch. 6. Modern breakthrough -- Ch. 7. Conclusions.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_9508 _aState, The
650		0	_92962 _aCommon good
650		0	_92288 _aEquality
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