Nations are not built. Nations emerge.
Group Power
Arnold Kling
from Tech Central Station
4 May 2006
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=050406B
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Kohn arrived at his theory of associational government in the process of undertaking a broader study of the economic history of late medieval Europe. He describes it as a contest between two types of polities, beginning in the latter 1400's.
On the one hand, larger territories had economies of scale. They were badly ruled by autocrats, but their sheer size enabled them to raise powerful armies. These were predatory states.
On the other hand, city-states had an advantage in that they were well run. Rulers were not absolute. There were many checks and balances within the smaller polities. These were associational city-states.
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Arnold Kling
from Tech Central Station
4 May 2006
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=050406B
...
Kohn arrived at his theory of associational government in the process of undertaking a broader study of the economic history of late medieval Europe. He describes it as a contest between two types of polities, beginning in the latter 1400's.
On the one hand, larger territories had economies of scale. They were badly ruled by autocrats, but their sheer size enabled them to raise powerful armies. These were predatory states.
On the other hand, city-states had an advantage in that they were well run. Rulers were not absolute. There were many checks and balances within the smaller polities. These were associational city-states.
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