A Theory of the State

"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.

המשפט הראשון: The model developed here attempts to capture the emergence of social interactions.

שנה

2001

שפה

English

הוצאה

Cambridge University Press

מהדורות

5

עמודים

304

ISBN

9780521806053

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