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All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked. Most societies, which we call natural states, limit violence by political manipulation of the economy to create privileged interests. These privileges limit the use of violence by powerful individuals, but doing so hinders both economic and political development. In contrast, modern societies create open access to economic and political organizations, fostering political and economic competition. The book provides a framework for understanding the two types of social orders, why open access societies are both politically and economically more developed, and how some 25 countries have made the transition between the two types. ** Review "This much-anticipated, pioneering, sweeping millennial history explains how the evolution of impersonal and standardized treatment, a rule of law for elites, perpetual forms of organization, and consolidated political control of the military combined to produce the 'open access' logic of rent erosi

Who reads Violence and Social Orders : A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History?

Author

North, Douglass Cecil;Wallis, John Joseph;Weingast, Barry R

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780511514296

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Science, Anthropology

Rating

4.02 / 5 (113 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14