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Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy

Lessons from Medieval Trade

By: Avner Greif

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Cambridge University Press

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0521480442

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Lessons from Medieval Trade

By: Avner Greif

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Analytic Narratives

By: Robert H. Bates,Avner Greif,Margaret Levi,Jean-Laurent Rosenthal,Barry R. Weingast

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By: Robert H. Bates,Avner Greif,Margaret Levi,Jean-Laurent Rosenthal,Barry R. Weingast

Students of comparative politics have long faced a vexing dilemma: how can social scientists draw broad, applicable principles of political order from specific historical examples? In Analytic Narratives, five senior scholars offer a new and ambitious methodological response to this important question. By employing rational-choice and game theory, the authors propose a way of extracting empirically testable, general hypotheses from particular cases. The result is both a methodological manifesto and an applied handbook that political scientists, economic historians, sociologists, and students of political economy will find essential. In their jointly written introduction, the authors frame their approach to the origins and evolution of political institutions. The individual essays that follow demonstrate the concept of the analytic narrative--a rational-choice approach to explain political outcomes--in case studies. Avner Greif traces the institutional foundations of commercial expansion in twelfth-century Genoa. Jean-Laurent Rosenthal analyzes how divergent fiscal policies affected absolutist European governments, while Margaret Levi examines the transformation of nineteenth-century conscription laws in France, the United States, and Prussia. Robert Bates explores the emergence of a regulatory organization in the international coffee market. Finally, Barry Weingast studies the institutional foundations of democracy in the antebellum United States and its breakdown in the Civil War. In the process, these studies highlight the economic role of political organizations, the rise and deterioration of political communities, and the role of coercion, especially warfare, in political life. The results are both empirically relevant and theoretically sophisticated. Analytic Narratives is an innovative and provocative work that bridges the gap between the game-theoretic and empirically driven approaches in political economy. Political historians will find the use of rational-choice models novel; theorists will discover arguments more robust and nuanced than those derived from abstract models. The book improves on earlier studies by advocating--and applying--a cross-disciplinary approach to explain strategic decision making in history.

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Princeton University Press

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0691216231

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The Challenge of Affluence

Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain Since 1950

By: Avner Offer

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The Challenge of Affluence

Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain Since 1950

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Since the 1940s Americans and Britons have experienced rising material abundance, but also a range of social and personal disorders, including family breakdown, obesity and addiction. Drawing on the latest cognitive research, Avner Offer presents a detailed and reasoned critique of the modern consumer society.

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Oxford University Press

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0198208537

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9780198208532

Fetal, Neonatal and Pediatric Neuroradiology - E-Book

By: Stephen Kralik,Nilesh Desai,Avner Meoded,Thierry A. G. M. Huisman

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Fetal, Neonatal and Pediatric Neuroradiology - E-Book

By: Stephen Kralik,Nilesh Desai,Avner Meoded,Thierry A. G. M. Huisman

Ideal for exam preparation and everyday clinical practice, Fetal, Neonatal and Pediatric Neuroradiology brings you fully up to date with recent advances in knowledge and image quality in this fast-changing field. World-renowned pediatric neuroradiologist Dr. Thierry A. G. M. Huisman, along with expert coauthors Drs. Stephen Kralik, Nilesh Desai, and Avner Meoded, utilizes an easy-to-read, quick-reference format of bulleted lists and high-quality images to enhance your understanding and help you quickly grasp and retain critical information. - Balances state-of-the-art images and clinical features pertinent to the diagnosis in a bulleted format for quick reference and identification. - Includes more than 400 diagnoses encountered in pediatric, neonatal, and fetal neuroimaging, including brain, head, neck, spine, and metabolic disorders. - Features thousands of high-quality MRI, CT, ultrasound, and radiographic images.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323796966

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9780323796965

Analytic Narratives

By: Robert H. Bates,Avner Greif,Margaret Levi,Jean-Laurent Rosenthal,Barry R. Weingast

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Princeton University Press

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Book's by Avner Greif

Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy

Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy

Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy

Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy

Analytic Narratives

Analytic Narratives

The Challenge of Affluence

The Challenge of Affluence

Fetal, Neonatal and Pediatric Neuroradiology - E-Book

Fetal, Neonatal and Pediatric Neuroradiology - E-Book

Analytic Narratives

Analytic Narratives

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