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The origins of political order : from prehuman times to the French Revolution / Francis Fukuyama.

By: Fukuyama, Francis Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 585 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780374227340 (alk. paper); 0374227349 (alk. paper)Related works: Continued by: Fukuyama, Francis. Political order and political decaySubject(s): State, The -- History | Order -- History | Comparative government -- History | Democracy -- HistoryDDC classification: 320.9,FUK LOC classification: JC11 | .F85 2011

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part I: Before the state. The necessity of politics (Page-3), The state of nature (Page-26), The tyranny of cousins (Page-49), Tribal societies : property, justice, war (Page-64), The coming of the leviathan (Page-80), part II: State building. Chinese tribalism (Page-97), War and the rise of the Chinese state (Page-110), The great Han system (Page-128), Political decay and the return of patrimonial government (Page-139), The Indian detour (Page-151), Varnas and jatis (Page-175), Weaknesses of Indian politics (Page-189), Slavery and the Muslim exit from tribalism (Page-202), The Mamluks save Islam (Page-214), The functioning and decline of the Ottoman state (Page-229), - Christianity undermines the family (Page-245), part III: The rule of law. The origins of the rule of law (Page-262), The church becomes a state (Page-276), The state becomes a church (Page-290), Oriental despotism (Page-303), Stationary bandits (Page-321), part IV: Accountable government. The rise of political accountability (Page-336), Rente seekers (Page-355), Patrimonialism crosses the Atlantic (Page-373), East of the Elbe (Page-386), Toward a more perfect absolutism (Page-402), Taxation and representation Why accountability? Why absolutism? (Page-422), part V: Toward a theory of political development. Political development and political decay (Page-437), Political development, then and now (Page-458).

Summary: Francis Fukuyama examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order.

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part I: Before the state. The necessity of politics (Page-3), The state of nature (Page-26), The tyranny of cousins (Page-49), Tribal societies : property, justice, war (Page-64), The coming of the leviathan (Page-80), part II: State building. Chinese tribalism (Page-97), War and the rise of the Chinese state (Page-110), The great Han system (Page-128), Political decay and the return of patrimonial government (Page-139), The Indian detour (Page-151),
Varnas and jatis (Page-175), Weaknesses of Indian politics (Page-189), Slavery and the Muslim exit from tribalism (Page-202), The Mamluks save Islam (Page-214), The functioning and decline of the Ottoman state (Page-229),
- Christianity undermines the family (Page-245), part III: The rule of law. The origins of the rule of law (Page-262),
The church becomes a state (Page-276), The state becomes a church (Page-290), Oriental despotism (Page-303), Stationary bandits (Page-321), part IV: Accountable government. The rise of political accountability (Page-336), Rente seekers (Page-355), Patrimonialism crosses the Atlantic (Page-373), East of the Elbe (Page-386),
Toward a more perfect absolutism (Page-402), Taxation and representation Why accountability? Why absolutism? (Page-422), part V: Toward a theory of political development. Political development and political decay (Page-437),
Political development, then and now (Page-458).

Francis Fukuyama examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order.

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