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Alliance curse [[electronic resource] ] : how America lost the Third World / / Hilton L. Root
| Alliance curse [[electronic resource] ] : how America lost the Third World / / Hilton L. Root |
| Autore | Root Hilton L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.730172/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Democratization - Developing countries
National security - United States Nation-building - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-13138-9
9786612131387 0-8157-0151-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Economic logic of the alliance curse -- Democratic paradoxes : institutional constraints on U.S. democracy promotion -- The dangers of triumphalism -- Incompatible missions and unsuitable organizations -- Social bifurcation and ultimatum bargaining : the vision gap in U.S. reconstruction efforts -- The United States and China : the power of illusion -- The United States as master builder in the Philippines -- Illegitimate offspring : South Vietnam -- Mirage of stability : the United States and the Shah of Iran -- America's moral dilemma in South Asia -- Walking with the devil : the commitment trap in U.S. foreign policy -- Redeeming democracy through the market : do open markets produce open politics? -- Linking U.S. security to Third World development -- Reframing the purpose of U.S. globalism : strategies, institutions, and beliefs. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454026403321 |
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| Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Alliance curse [[electronic resource] ] : how America lost the Third World / / Hilton L. Root
| Alliance curse [[electronic resource] ] : how America lost the Third World / / Hilton L. Root |
| Autore | Root Hilton L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.730172/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Democratization - Developing countries
National security - United States Nation-building - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-282-13138-9
9786612131387 0-8157-0151-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Economic logic of the alliance curse -- Democratic paradoxes : institutional constraints on U.S. democracy promotion -- The dangers of triumphalism -- Incompatible missions and unsuitable organizations -- Social bifurcation and ultimatum bargaining : the vision gap in U.S. reconstruction efforts -- The United States and China : the power of illusion -- The United States as master builder in the Philippines -- Illegitimate offspring : South Vietnam -- Mirage of stability : the United States and the Shah of Iran -- America's moral dilemma in South Asia -- Walking with the devil : the commitment trap in U.S. foreign policy -- Redeeming democracy through the market : do open markets produce open politics? -- Linking U.S. security to Third World development -- Reframing the purpose of U.S. globalism : strategies, institutions, and beliefs. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778024003321 |
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Root Hilton L
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| Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dynamics among nations : the evolution of legitimacy and development in modern states / / Hilton L. Root
| Dynamics among nations : the evolution of legitimacy and development in modern states / / Hilton L. Root |
| Autore | Root Hilton L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 p.) |
| Disciplina | 337 |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development
Evolutionary economics Globalization International economic relations State, The |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-262-31826-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 Post-Globalization: Complexity in the Governance of a Networked Global Society; 2 Opening the Doors of Complexity; 3 Economic Incentives and the Replication of Social Complexity; 4 Coevolution versus Liberal Internationalism; 5 Promises and Pitfalls of New Institutional Economics; 6 Dancing Landscapes: How Interdependency Shapes the Optimization Challenge of Globalization; 7 Accelerators of "Stateness": System Structure and Network Behavior in the Making of the Modern State; 8 Democracy's Hybrid Architecture
9 Achieving State Capacity: Parallel Political Modernization in China and Europe10 Does China Challenge the Global Legitimacy of Liberalism?; 11 No Captain at the Helm; Glossary; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453951103321 |
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Root Hilton L
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Fountain of Privilege : Political Foundations of Markets in Old Regime France and England
| The Fountain of Privilege : Political Foundations of Markets in Old Regime France and England |
| Autore | Root Hilton L |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 pages) |
| Collana | California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy Series |
| Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Europe / General |
| ISBN | 0-520-37775-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Speaking across Paradigms -- 1 THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- 1 The Market for Property Rights -- 2 Rivals in Modernization: Creating National Communities in France and England -- 3 The Redistributive Role of the State -- 2 THE LESS PRIVILEGED -- 4 Interpreting Peasant Revolutions -- 3 THE MORE PRIVILEGED -- 5 The Political Economy of Collective Violence: What Did the "Moral Economy" of Pre-Revolutionary Europe Cost? -- 6 Rent Seeking and Trade Regulation -- 7 The Rise and Decline of English Mercantilism in Comparative Perspective -- 4 THE VERY PRIVILEGED -- 8 Tying the King's Hands: Credible Commitments and Royal Fiscal Policy under the Old Regime -- 9 The Fiscal Origins of Democratic Revolution -- 5 HYPOTHESES AND CONCLUSIONS -- 10 Modernization, Revolution, and the State -- 11 Caveat Emptor: Markets and History -- Works Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911009241603321 |
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Root Hilton L
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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