The Tributary-Civilizational State

Berhanu Abegaz
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Berhanu Abegaz: The College of William & Mary

Chapter Chapter 2 in A Tributary Model of State Formation, 2018, pp 31-53 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract There are many roads to political and economic development. In the ages of European Discovery and Commerce, Afroasia was a pioneer in establishing centralized states, albeit within loosely-defined territories which were occupied by culturally kindred but diverse peoples. Post-feudal Europe was, however, the leader in forging a coherent political order—comprising territorialized states, the rule of law, and functional mechanisms of accountability. The West European order was one that successfully monopolized large-scale violence (via a salaried professional army), established robust central bureaucracies, honored the rule of law, and protected wealth creators from myriad myopic redistributors under the cloak of officeholding.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75780-3_2

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