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S.E. Finer
The role of the military in a society raises a number of issues: How much separation should there be between a civil government and its army? Should the military be…
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Focusing on ancient monarchies and empires, this text is volume one in S.E. Finer’s history of government. It should be of interest to readers with an interest in theories and…
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This survey and analysis of government is planetary in its reach. Written by one of this century’s leading political scientists, this volume covers empires, monarchies and the modern state.
This volume encompasses the church polities of the Byzantine Empire and the Caliphate; the evolution of the Tang and Ming Empires in China; the characteristics of feudal Europe, the republican…
This volume opens with Tokugawa Japan and thence reviews the evidence on the Ching, Ottoman, and Mughal Empires, before turning to facets of the re-creation, modernization, and transplantation of the…
Contains the texts of four major national constitutions - American, French, German, and Russian - together with major extracts from the Treaties establishing the European Community and the European Union…