War and the Rise of the State
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0743237781
ISBN-13
9780743237789
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Imprint
The Free Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 1st, 2002
Print length
400 Pages
Weight
570 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.10 x 2.50 cms
Ksh 4,650.00
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As Publishers Weekly notes, “Porter, a political scientist at Brigham Young University, demonstrates that wars have been catalysts for increasing the size and power of Western governments since the Renaissance. The state’s monopoly of effective violence has diminished not only individual rights and liberties, but also the ability of local communities and private associates to challenge the centralization of authority. Porter’s originality lies in his thesis that war, breaking down barriers of class, gender, ethnicity, and ideology, also contributes to meritocracy, mobility, and, above all, democratization. Porter also posits the emergence of the “Scientific Warfare State,” a political system in which advanced technology would render obsolete mass participation in war. This provocative study merits wide circulation and serious discussion.”
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