Political order and inequality : their foundations and their consequences for human welfare / Carles...
Political order and inequality : their foundations and their consequences for human welfare / Carles...
Political order and inequality : their foundations and their consequences for human welfare / Carles Boix.
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New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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G 2015/4037
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English
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xiii, 311 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
The terms of the debt -- 1. Tabula rasa -- 2. Political order -- 3. Technological progress -- 4. Warfare -- 5. Inequality -- 6. Modern breakthrough -- 7. Conclusions.
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New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
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"The 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 establ...
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Political order and inequality : their foundations and their consequences for human welfare / Carles Boix.
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Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2015/4037
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74VKRalAGpkO
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ISBN
1107461073 (paperback)
9781107089433 (hardback)
1107089433 (hardback)
9781107461079 (paperback)
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320.1
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991023148029702626
