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| Original Title: | Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History |
| ISBN: | 0521761735 (ISBN13: 9780521761734) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Douglass C. North
Hardcover | Pages: 308 pages Rating: 4 | 183 Users | 18 Reviews
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| Title | : | Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History |
| Author | : | Douglass C. North |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 308 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2009 by Cambridge University Press (first published January 1st 2009) |
| Categories | : | Economics. History. Politics. Political Science. Nonfiction |
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All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked. Most societies, which we call natural states, limit violence by political manipulation of the economy to create privileged interests. These privileges limit the use of violence by powerful individuals, but doing so hinders both economic and political development. In contrast, modern societies create open access to economic and political organizations, fostering political and economic competition. The book provides a framework for understanding the two types of social orders, why open access societies are both politically and economically more developed, and how some 25 countries have made the transition between the two types.Rating About Books Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History
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KOBOBOOKSReviewed by Economic HistoryIt's exactly correct about all of human history, without being exactly elegant.
Так і не зрозуміло, а до чого у назві книжки є слово "насильство". Так, у книжці проскакує теза, що еліта у певний момент розуміє, що можна не воюючи, отримати більше рент, аніж провадячи війну. Однак, це явно не те, що очікуєш від книжки. Мої сподівання були на те, що у книзі проаналізовано, чому все-таки насильство існує у суспільних порядках, які причини існування, як змінюється насильство зі зміною політичного ладу. Однак, натомість я прочитала щось на кшталт "Чому нації занепадають?".
This is a very interesting "revisionist" account of how humans societies today form governments that limit destructive violence. The book explores why some nations are so much more stable and prosperous than others. The authors hypothesize that these nations have succeeded at establishing a new type of social order, the "open access" order, in which elite privileges are replaced by more widely accessible rights. The book includes an interesting critique of public choice theory, a branch of
Nope. The time of NEI is long over (fingers crossed).
Every so often you pick up a book that doesn't just inform you, but reframes your world view. This was one of those books. Whether considering the impact of the tea party, China's authoritarian model of economic development, post war "nation building" in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, or U.S. spectrum auctions (and subsequent monopolies), this book has changed the way I think. I'm sure it will be one of those books that is still influencing how I look at the world ten years from now.
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