State formation, regime change, and economic development
"Failed or weak states, miscarried democratizations, and economic underdevelopment characterize a large part of the world we live in. Much work has been done on these subjects over the latest decades but most of this research ignores the deep historical processes that produced the modern state, modern democracy and the modern market economy in the first place. This book elucidates the roots of these developments. The book discusses why China was surpassed by Europeans in spite of its early deve…
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- Full title :State formation, regime change, and economic development / Jørgen Møller.
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"Failed or weak states, miscarried democratizations, and economic underdevelopment characterize a large part of the world we live in. Much work has been done on these subjects over the latest decades but most of this research ignores the deep historical processes that produced the modern state, modern democracy and the modern market economy in the first place. This book elucidates the roots of these developments. The book discusses why China was surpassed by Europeans in spite of its early development of advanced economic markets and a meritocratic state. It also hones in on the relationship between geopolitical pressure and state formation and on the European conditions that - from the Middle Ages onwards - facilitated the development of the modern state, modern democracy, and the modern market economy. Finally, the book discusses why some countries have been able to follow the European lead in the latest generations whereas other countries have not. State Formation, Regime Change and Economic Development will be of key interest to students and researchers within political science and history as well as to Comparative Politics, Political Economy and the Politics of Developing Areas"--The publisher
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- Publication Date:2017.
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- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781134827008, 1134827008, 9781315544885, 9781134827077, 1134827075, 1315544881, 9781315544885
- oclc:ocn966445939
- LC Classification:JC131
- Dewey Decimal:320.109
Table of Contents
pt. I. Big questions -- pt. II. Classic comparative historical analyses -- pt. III. The Barrington-Moore research programme -- pt. IV. Recent contributions -- pt. V. Explaining the rise of representative institutions.
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