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The origins of political order from prehuman times to the French Revolution

Francis Fukuyama

New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux c2011

Localização: FEA - Fac. Econ. Adm. Contab. e Atuária  ACERVO DELFIM NETTO  (A28.27.26 ) e outros locais(Acessar)

  • Título:
    The origins of political order from prehuman times to the French Revolution
  • Autor: Francis Fukuyama
  • Assuntos: State, The -- History; Order -- History; Comparative government -- History; Democracy -- History; DEMOCRACIA (HISTÓRIA)
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Descrição: Pt. 1. Before the state. The necessity of politics -- The state of nature -- The tyranny of cousins -- Tribal societies : property, justice, war -- The coming of the leviathan
    Pt. 2. State building. Chinese tribalism -- War and the rise of the Chinese state -- The great Han system -- Political decay and the return of patrimonial government -- The Indian detour -- Varnas and jatis -- Weaknesses of Indian politics -- Slavery and the Muslim exit from tribalism -- The Mamluks save Islam -- The functioning and decline of the Ottoman state -- Christianity undermines the family
    Pt. 3. The rule of law. The origins of the rule of law -- The church becomes a state -- The state becomes a church -- Oriental despotism -- Stationary bandits
    Pt. 4. Accountable government. The rise of political accountability -- Rente seekers -- Patrimonialism crosses the Atlantic -- East of the Elbe -- Toward a more perfect absolutism -- Taxation and representation -- Why accountability? Why absolutism?
    Pt. 5. Toward a theory of political development. Political development and political decay -- Political development, then and now
    The author examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order
  • Editor: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2011
  • Formato: xiv, 585 p. ill., maps 21 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês

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