Violence and social orders : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history / Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Barry R. Weingast.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil), author.

Wallis, John Joseph, author.

Weingast, Barry R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Economic aspects--History.

Violence.

State, The--History.

State, The.

Social control--History.

Social control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Violence & Social Orders

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The conceptual framework

The natural state

The natural state applied : English land law

Open access orders

The transition from limited to open access orders : the doorstep conditions

The transition proper

A new research agenda for the social sciences.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-19376-1

1-107-38547-4

1-107-64699-5

1-282-10378-4

9786612103780

0-511-57583-1

0-511-51529-4

0-511-51783-1

0-511-51429-8

0-511-51657-6

OCLC:

609832860