Governmental Forms and Economic Development From Medieval to Modern Times /

• Main Author: Brouwer, Maria (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Democracy.; Economic history.; Development economics.; Economic growth.; Economics.; Economic History.; Development Economics.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.; Economic Growth.

This book investigates the performance of economic development under different forms of government, ranging from autocratic states to liberal democracies. Starting with a critical review of the literature on social and economic development, including the works of Frank Knight, Max Weber, Joseph Schu...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Evolution and Economic Development
• 2 Progress and Decline
• 3 Citizens and Knights in the Low Countries and Italy
• 4 Violence and Discourse in the Low Countries (1100-1600)
• 5 The Republic of the 7 United Provinces (1581-1795)
• 6 Discourse and Development in Modern Times.