A Theory of the State
Yoram Barzel · 2001
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"This book models the emergence of the state and the forces that shape it. State creation is bound to protection needs. A specialized protector-ruler is efficient, but is also self-seeking. Individuals are expected to install rulers only after they have created mechanisms to control them. Among the offshoots of the organized protection are a legal system and decision-making procedures that include voting. The initial "state of nature," then, may gradually evolve into a rule-of-law state."--Jacket.
First sentence: The model developed here attempts to capture the emergence of social interactions.
Book details
- Year
- 2001
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Editions
- 5
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780521806053
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