North, Douglass C.

Violence and social orders : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history / Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Barry R. Weingast. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xvii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

The conceptual framework -- The natural state -- The natural state applied : English land law -- Open access orders -- The transition from limited to open access orders : the doorstep conditions -- The transition proper -- A new research agenda for the social sciences.

9781107646995 0521761735 (hardback)

2008040965


Violence--School of Business and Education
State, The--School of Business and Education
Social control--School of Business and Education

HM 886 / .N67 2009

HM 886 .N67 2009