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Auteur(s) : Fukuyama, Francis (1952-....)
Titre(s) : The origins of political order [Texte imprimé] : from prehuman times to the French Revolution / Francis Fukuyama
Édition : 1st ed.
Publication : London : Profile books, 2011
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiv, 585 p.) : maps ; 24 cm
Comprend : Part I: 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
; part II: 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 ; part III: 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 ; part IV: 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? ; part V: Toward a theory
of political development. Political development and political decay ; Political development,
then and now.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [535]-555) and index
Nations are not trapped by their pasts, but events that happened hundreds or even
thousands of years ago continue to exert huge influence on present-day politics. If
we are to understand the politics that we now take for granted, we need to understand
its origins.
Sujet(s) : État -- Histoire
Régimes politiques -- Histoire
Science politique -- Études comparatives
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781846682568 (hbk). - ISBN 1846682568 (hbk). - ISBN 9781847652812 (ebk)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb424813485
Notice n° :
FRBNF42481348
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