Political Order and Inequality: Their Foundations and Their Consequences for Human Welfare

by Carles Boix

Book Overview

The fundamental question of political theory, one that precedes all other questions about the nature of political life, is why there is a state at all. Is human cooperation feasible without a political authority enforcing it? Or do we need a state to live together? This problem then opens up two further questions. If a state is necessary to establish order, how does it come into place? And, when it does, what are the consequences for the political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107461073
• ISBN13: 9781107461079
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"