War and the Rise of the State
States make war, but war also makes states.As Publishers Weekly notes, Porter, a political scientist at Brigham Young University, demonstrates that wars have been catalysts for increasing the size and power of Western governments since the Renaissance. The state's monopoly of effective violence has diminished not only individual rights and liberties, but also the ability of local communities and private associates to challenge the centralization of authority. Porter's originality lies in his thesis that war, breaking down barriers of class, gender, ethnicity, and ideology, also contributes to meritocracy, mobility, and, above all, democratiza…
Mehr
CHF 15.05
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4391-0548-1
- EAN: 9781439105481
- Produktnummer: 14348284
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'239 KB
2 weitere Werke von Bruce D. Porter:
Bewertungen
Anmelden