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Birth of the Leviathan
Thomas Ertman
其他書名
Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
出版Cambridge University Press, 1997-01-13
主題History / Europe / GeneralPolitical Science / Comparative PoliticsPolitical Science / Political Process / GeneralPOLITICAL SCIENCE / ReferencePolitical Science / ConstitutionsPOLITICAL SCIENCE / EssaysPolitical Science / World / European
ISBN05214842789780521484275
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dQ53vjKiwR0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋For many years scholars have sought to explain why the European states which emerged in the period before the French Revolution developed along such different lines. Why did some states become absolutist and others constitutionalist? What enabled some to develop bureaucratic administrative systems, while others remained dependent upon patrimonial practices?This book presents a new theory of state-building in medieval and early modern Europe. Ertman argues that two factors -- local government and sustained geo-military competition -- can explain most of the variation found across the continent.