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  • The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy

    Geography and the Diffusion of Political Institutions

    de John Gerring, Brendan Apfeld, Tore Wig, Andreas Forø Tollefsen ...
    This book explores the deep roots of modern democracy, focusing on geography and long-term patterns of global diffusion. Its geographic argument centers on access to the sea, afforded by natural harbors which enhance the mobility of people, goods, capital, and ideas. The extraordinary connectivity of harbor regions thereby affected economic development, the structure of the military, statebuilding ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • One Road to Riches?

    How State Building and Democratization Affect Economic Development

    de Haakon Gjerløw, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Tore Wig, Matthew Charles Wilson ...
    Series series Elements in Political Economy
    Building effective state institutions before introducing democracy is widely presumed to improve different development outcomes. Conversely, proponents of this “stateness-first” argument anticipate that democratization before state building yields poor development outcomes. In this Element, we discuss several strong assumptions that (different versions of) this argument rests upon and critically ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

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  • Natural Experiments of History

    de Jared Diamond ...
    In eight case studies by leading scholars in history, archaeology, business, economics, geography, and political science, the authors showcase the “natural experiment” or “comparative method”—well-known in any science concerned with the past—on the discipline of human history. That means, according to the editors, “comparing, preferably quantitatively and aided by statistical analyses, different ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • The Economics of Poverty

    History, Measurement, and Policy

    de Martin Ravallion ...
    There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities in access to key resources threaten to stall growth and poverty reduction in many places. The world's poorest have made only a small absolute gain over those 30 years. Progress has been slow against relative ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

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  • The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia

    de James C. Scott ...
    For two thousand years the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia (a mountainous region the size of Europe that consists of portions of seven Asian countries) have fled the projects of the organized state societies that surround them—slavery, conscription, taxes, corvée labor, epidemics, and warfare. This book, essentially an “anarchist history,” is the first-ever examination of the huge ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Wealth, Poverty and Politics

    de Thomas Sowell ...
    In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, Thomas Sowell, one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country, argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Neither Liberal nor Conservative

    Ideological Innocence in the American Public

    de Donald R. Kinder, Nathan P. Kalmoe ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    Congress is crippled by ideological conflict. The political parties are more polarized today than at any time since the Civil War. Americans disagree, fiercely, about just about everything, from terrorism and national security, to taxes and government spending, to immigration and gay marriage.Well, American elites disagree fiercely. But average Americans do not. This, at least, was the position ... Leer más

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  • African History: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    de John Parker, Richard Rathbone ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this Very Short Introduction looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a range of fascinating historical examples, drawn from over 5 millennia across this vast continent. ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Decline and Rise of Democracy

    A Global History from Antiquity to Today

    de David Stasavage ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    **"One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation."**—Steven Levitsky, New York Times–bestselling author of How Democracies DieA new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this history teaches us about the futureHistorical accounts of democracy’s rise tend to focus on ancient Greece and pre-Renaissance Europe. ... Leer más

    $38.19 USD

  • International Conflict Mediation

    New Approaches and Findings

    Edición de Jacob Bercovitch, Scott Sigmund Gartner ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management
    This book examines how new empirical approaches to mediation can shed fresh light on the effectiveness of different patterns of conflict management, and offers guidelines on the process of international mediation.International conflict mediation has become one of, if not the most prominent and important conflict resolution methods of the early 21st century. This book argues that traditional ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • Borders

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Alexander C. Diener, Joshua Hagen ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Compelling and accessible, this Very Short Introduction challenges the perception of borders as passive lines on a map, revealing them instead to be integral forces in the economic, social, political, and environmental processes that shape our lives. Highlighting the historical development and continued relevance of borders, Alexander Diener and Joshua Hagen offer a powerful counterpoint to the ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Aid from International NGOs

    Blind Spots on the AID Allocation Map

    de Dirk-Jan Koch ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    International NGOs are increasingly important players within the new aid architecture but their geographic choices remain uncharted territory. This book focuses on patterns of development assistance, mapping, while analysing and assessing the country choices of the largest international NGOs. Koch's approach is interdisciplinary and uses qualitative, quantitative and experimental methods to ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD