444 Pages
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Routledge
416 Pages
by
Routledge
416 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Politics of Aristocratic Empires is a study of a political order that prevailed throughout much of the world for many centuries without any major social conflict or change and with hardly any government in the modern sense. Although previously ignored by political science, powerful remnants of this old order still persist in modern politics. The historical literature on aristocratic... Read more
1: Aristocratic Empires; 1: The Study of Aristocratic Empires; 2: The Commercialization of Aristocratic Empires; 3: The Origins of Aristocratic Empires; 2: The Aristocracy a Ruling Class; 4: The Aristocracy Defined; 5: The Aristocracy in the Economy; 6: Limited and Decentralized Government; 7: The Governmental Functions of the Aristocracy; 3: Part III The Politics of the Aristocracy; 8: Values and Ideology of the Aristocracy; 9: The Stakes of Aristocratic Politics; 10: The Arenas of Aristocratic Politics; 11: Stability and Instability; 4: Nonaristocrats in the Politics of the Aristocracy; 12: The Peasantry in the Politics of the Aristocracy; 13: Obstacles to Peasant Revolts in Aristocratic Empires; 14: The Townspeople in the Politics of the Aristocracy; 5: Conclusion; 15: Aristocratic Politics and Modernization; 16: Remnants and Legacies of Aristocratic Politics
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John H. Kautsky
