| Description |
1 online resource (1021 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Part I: Before The State; Part II: State Building; Part III: The Rule of Law; Part IV: Accountable Government; Part V: Toward A Theory of Political Development; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index |
| Summary |
Nations are not trapped by their pasts, but events that happened hundreds or even thousands of years ago continue to exert huge influence on present-day politics. If we are to understand the politics that we now take for granted, we need to understand its origins. Francis Fukuyama examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order. This book starts with the very beginning of mankind and comes right up to the eve of the French and American revolutions, spanning such diverse disciplines as economics, anthropology and geography. The Origins of P |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 844-895) and index |
| Notes |
Electronic resource, viewed August 29, 2021 |
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State, The -- Origin.
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State, The -- History
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Order -- History
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Comparative government -- History
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Democracy -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Comparative government
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Democracy
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Order
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State, The
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State, The -- Origin
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Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847652812 |
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1847652816 |
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