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The History of Government from the Earliest Times - Couverture souple

Finer, Samuel E.

 
9780198207900: The History of Government from the Earliest Times
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0198207905 ISBN 13 : 9780198207900
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1999

Synopsis

No one has hitherto had the breadth of imagination and intellectual boldness to describe and analyse government throughout recorded history and throughout the world. This unique study of government is the culmination of the work of the late S. E. Finer, one of the leading political scientists of the twentieth century.

Ranging over 5,000 years, from the Sumerian city state to the modern European nation state, five themes emerge: state-building, military formats, belief systems, social stratification, and timespan. The three volumes examine both representative and exceptional polities, and focus on political elites of different types.

The first volume, Ancient Monarchies and Empires opens with Finers masterly Conceptual Prologue, setting out the entire scope and structure of The History. He goes on to consider early examples of the predominantly palace type of polity, notably in respect of the the Kingdoms of Egypt and the Empires of Assyria, Persia, Han China, and Rome; in

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À propos de l'auteur

FBA, Fellow of All Souls and Emeritus Gladstone Professor of Government and Public Administration in the University of Oxford (d.1993)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198207905
ISBN 13 
9780198207900
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
464
Coordonnées du fabricant
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