TY  - GEN
AU  - North, John C.
AU  - Wallis, John Joseph 
AU  - Weingast, Barry R. 
TI  - Violence and social order: : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history 
SN  - 9781107646995
U1  - 306.301 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge university press
KW  - Social control
KW  - Violence on economic aspects
KW  - The state
N1  - Include reference and index
N2  - "All societies nust deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked. Most societies, which we call natural states, limit violence by political manipulation of the economy to create privileged interests. These privileges limit the use of violence by powerful individuals, but doing so hinders both economic and political development. In contrast, modern societies create open access to economic and political organizations, fostering political and economic competition. The book provides a framework for understanding the two types of social orders, why open access societies are both politically and economically more developed, and how some twenty-five countries have made the transition between the two types
ER  -