Kings or People: Power and the Mandate to Rule Paperback - 1980
by Reinhard Bendix
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"A brilliant achievement that will be equally fascinating for the general reader, the student and the specialized scholar." --Henry W . Ehrmann "Reinhard Bendix has written a major comparative account of the history of five countries, seeking to determine which factors made possible the rise of royal authority in the early period of their development and which factors accounted for the emergence more recently of political practices and institutions legitimized by the will of the people . . . . The author has conducted his inquiry with skill, intelligence, and vast learning. Here and there the reader will hear echoes and overtones of Arnold Toynbee and William H. McNeill, less in the conclusions that are reached than in the questions asked and the techniques employed. This is comparative history in the grand tradition, bold, challenging, scholarly, and ingenious. . . . The book rests on a solid mastery of the historical literature, analyzed and interpreted by a sharp mind ... . I remain impressed by the bold purposes and sharp insights of the book. It offers an analysis of the process of political modernization that is original, perceptive, and generally convincing."--Theodore S. Hamerow, American Historical Review "This is an important book . . . intended to make the point that the modernization of today's great nations followed unique courses, ' in which each stage influenced but didn't determine the succeeding stage, and in which creativity, imitation, and diffusion are important factors . ... This affirmation of the unique is a useful corrective to the oversimplified model building which has characterized recent work in the field of development and modernization . . . . Surely Kings or People will quickly take its place in courses in comparative politics, political development, and political sociology . . . A teacher will treat this book as a treasure-house of examples and illustration; the general reader will find this a lucidly written introduction to world political history."--Gabriel A. Almond, California Monthly "Kings or People is equal to the grandeur of its subject: the political origins of the modern world. With Barrington Moore's Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy and Immanuel Wallerstein's The Modern World System which it matches in boldness, while differing radically in perspective, it is one of the truly powerful ventures in comparative historical sociology to have appeared in recent years."--Clifford Geertz "Reinhard Bendix has combined the particular approach with the general one, by studying the history of five separate countries and by demonstrating how the experience of each represented a critical stage in the general transformation of authority which, in turn, influenced the process of change in others . . . . A remarkable achievement on all counts."--Gordon A. Craig, Stanford University "No one seriously interested in political development in any nation in the world can afford to neglect this tremendous scholarly achievement or fail to come to grips with the ideas it contains. Kings or People will continue to be read after most of the contemporary literature on comparative politics is long and deservedly forgotten."--Victor Ferkiss, Perspective
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- Title Kings or People: Power and the Mandate to Rule
- Author Reinhard Bendix
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 704
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
- Date 1980-04-08
- Features Glossary, Maps
- ISBN 9780520040908 / 0520040902
- Weight 2.25 lbs (1.02 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 6.19 x 1.26 in (23.47 x 15.72 x 3.20 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 301.592
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