Violence and Social Orders

A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History

Business & Finance, Economics, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Barry R. Weingast ISBN: 9781107385474
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: February 26, 2009
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Barry R. Weingast
ISBN: 9781107385474
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: February 26, 2009
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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