The History of Government from the Earliest Times: The intermediate agesOxford University Press, 1997 - 1701 sider No one has hitherto had the breadth of imagination and intellectual boldness to describe and analyse givernment throughout recorded history and throughout the world. This unique study of government is the culmination of the work of the late S. E. Finer, one of the leading political scientists of the twentieth century. Ranging over 5,000 years, from the Sumerian city state to the modern European nation state, five themes emerge: state-building, military formats, belief systems, social stratification, and timespan. The three volumes examine both representative and exceptional polities, and focus on political elites of different types. The Intermediate Ages (Book Three) encompasses the church' polities of the Byzantine Empire and the Caliphate; the evolution of the T'ang and Ming Empires in China; and the characteristics of feudal Europe, the republican alternatives' of Florence and Venice, and finally the growth of representative assemblies across Europe. Professor Finer's cogent descriptive analysis offers both an invaluable reference resource and an exhilirating journey across time and space. |
Innhold
Overview | 613 |
EASTERN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST | 623 |
The Empire of the Caliphate c 900 | 665 |
Opphavsrett | |
10 andre deler vises ikke
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
The History of Government from the Earliest Times: Volume II: The ... Samuel Edward Finer,S. E. Finer Begrenset visning - 1999 |
The History of Government from the Earliest Times: Volumes I-III Samuel E Finer,Professor of Government and Public Administration S E Finer Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1997 |
The history of government from the earliest times. 3. Empires ..., Volum 3 Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1997 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
Abbasid administration amirs appointed Arab army assemblies authority became bishops bureaucracy Byzantine Empire Byzantium Caliphate called capital censors central government century China Chinese Church civil Collegio Confucian constitution Council court Crown dhimmis doge duties dynasty elected emperor Empress Wu England entire Estates Estates-General eunuchs Europe feudal fiefs fiscal Florence Florentine force France Germany governors hereditary hsien Ibid imperial institutions Islam Italy jurisdiction justice king king's kingdom kingship knights land lord magnates Mamluk Mandarinate matters medieval Middle Ages military Ming Ming dynasty monarchy Muslim nobles nominal officials organized palace Parliament peasants political pope population posts prefect prefectures provinces qadi Qarmatians rebellion reign Republic revenue revolt Roman Empire Roman Republic Rome royal rule ruler Secretariat Sejm Senate sharia shire Signoria social sortition strategoi szlachta T'ang taxation territorial throne towns tradition troops ulema Umayyads vassal Venice vizier Western