1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454467503321

Autore

North Douglass C (Douglass Cecil)

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009

ISBN

9781107646995

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

306.301

Soggetti

Violence - Economic aspects - History

State, The - History

Social control - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00185006

Autore

ZEHR, Howard

Titolo

Crime and the development of modern society : patterns of criminality in ninete enth century German and France / Howard Zehr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; Totowa, : Croom Helm Ro wman and Littlefield, 1976 - 188 p. ; 23 cm

Soggetti

FRANCIA - Storia sociale - Sec. 19

Germania - Storia sociale - Sec. 19

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia