1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910701993603321

Autore

Rusco F. W (Frank W.)

Titolo

Department of Energy [[electronic resource] ] : Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy could improve its collection of information from applications : testimony before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives / / statement of Frank Rusco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (8 pages)

Collana

Testimony ; ; GAO-12-407T

Soggetti

Power resources - Research - United States - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (viewed May 7, 2012).

"For release ... January 24, 2012."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782804403321

Autore

North Douglass Cecil

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , [2009]

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

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.