Political order and political decay: from the industrial revolution to the globalization of democracy

Table of contents:

PART I: THE STATE
1. What Is Political Development?
2. The Dimensions of Development
3. Bureaucracy
4. Prussia Builds a State
5. Corruption
6. The Birthplace of Democracy
7. Italy and the Low-Trust Equilibrium
8. Patronage and Reform
9. The United States Invents Clientelism
10. The End of the Spoils System
11. Railroads, Forests, and American State Building
12. Nation Building
13. Good Government, Bad Government

PART II: FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS
14. Nigeria
15. Geography
16. Silver, Gold, and Sugar
17. Dogs That Didn't Bark
18. The Clean Slate
19. Storms in Africa
20. Indirect Rule
21. Institutions, Domestic or Imported
22. Lingua Francas
23. The Strong Asian State
24. The Struggle for Law in China
25. The Reinvention of the Chinese State
26. Three Regions

PART III: DEMOCRACY
27. Why Did Democracy Spread?
28. The Long Road to Democracy
29. From 1848 to the Arab Spring
30. The Middle Class and Democracy's Future

PART IV: POLITICAL DECAY
31. Political Decay
32. A State of Courts and Parties
33. Congress and the Repatrimonialization of American Politics
34. America the Vetocracy
35. Autonomy and Subordination
36. Political Order and Political Decay

The second volume in a landmark chronicle of the modern state examines how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, discussing such topics as the French Revolution, the Arab Spring, and contemporary American politics.

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