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The Invention of Power
Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West
Sofort lieferbar | Lieferzeit: Sofort lieferbar I
Artikel-Nr:
9781541768758
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
18.01.2022
Seiten:
352
Autor:
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Gewicht:
560 g
Format:
241x154x36 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is the Julius Silver Professor of Politics at New York University and was director of its Alexander Hamilton Center for Political Economy from 2006-2016. He is the author of twenty-three books, including The Dictator's Handbook.
"This book solves one of the great puzzles of history: why did the West become the most powerful civilization in the world? Political scientist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita explains the consolidation of power in the West through a single, little noticed event: the 1132 Concordat of Worms. Bueno de Mesquita makes a deeply researched and persuasive case that the Concordat changed the terms of competition between churches and nation-states, incentivizing economic growth and benefiting citizens over kings and popes. In the centuries since, those countries that have had similar arrangements have been consistently better off than those that did not"