Tag: social history
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The specter of leviathan in the central-local relations : a comparative historical analysis of the decentralization reform in Thailand and the Philippines
Abstract: This essay offers a comparative analysis of the decentralization reforms in Thailand and the Philippines. It is shown that the outcome of decentralization depends largely on the power configuration of the national bureaucracy at the time of modern state founding. Author(s): Sudhipongpracha, Tatchalerm Source(s): , Journal of African & Asian local government studies (JAALGS);…
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Violence and social orders : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history : implications for economic development
Abstract: This framework for understanding political, economic, and social systems in human history, which is thought to culminate in competitive, open access orders with rich civil society and the impersonal provision of public goods, also explains privileges and rent creation in so-called natural states. Author(s): North, Douglass C.; Wallis, John Joseph; Weingast, Barry R. Source(s):…