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Balance of Power - States, Societies and the Narrow Corridor to Liberty by Daron Acemoglu; James A. Robinson
Category: Social Sciences
From the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail, based on decades of research, this powerful new big-picture framework explains how some countries develop towards and provide liberty while others fall to authoritarianism or anarchy - and explains how liberty can thrive despite new thre ...Show more
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy by Daron Acemoglu; James A. Robinson
Category: History
What forces lead to democracy's creation? Why does it sometimes consolidate only to collapse at other times? Written by two of the foremost authorities on this subject in the world, this volume develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. It revolutionizes scholarship ...Show more
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies and the Fate of Liberty by Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson
Category: History
'A must-read. Acemoglu and Robinson are intellectual heavyweights of the first rank . . . erudite and fascinating' Paul Collier, Guardian, on Why Nations Fail By the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail, based on decades of research, this powerful new big-picture framework explains h ...Show more
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by James A. Robinson, Daron Acemoglu
Category: Languages and Reference
This is a provocative bestseller that explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? "Why Nations Fail" sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down t ...Show more
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