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978-0-387-73877-2

Collective Action in the Formation of Pre-Modern States

Publication year: 2008

ISBN: 978-0-387-73877-2

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This book explores a collective action perspective on the formation of pre-modern states, but does not only promote a new mode of theoretical understanding. Rather, it subjects collective action theory to a methodologically rigorous evaluation using a systematic cross-cultural analysis of historical, ethnographic, and archaeological data drawn from a world-wide sample of societies. These data provide strong support for the theory while pointing the way to a more complex and nuanced approach to collective action, uniting theories of pre-modern and modern states.


Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law / Political Science / anthropological archaeology / collective action / evolution / pre-modern states / state