Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction31Self-Enforcing Political Systems and Economic Growth: Late Medieval Genoa232The Political Economy of Absolutism Reconsidered643Conscription: The Price of Citizenship1094Political Stability and Civil War: Institutions, Commitment, and American Democracy1485The International Coffee Organization: An International Institution194Conclusion231Appendix239Index243

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Analytic Narratives showcases cutting-edge work in the comparative and historical application of rational-choice theory. -- Mark Lichbach, University of Colorado at Boulder

About the Author

Robert H. Bates is the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government and Faculty Fellow of the Institute of International Development at Harvard University. Avner Greif is Associate Professor of Economics at Stanford University. Margaret Levi is Professor of Political Science and the Harry Bridges Chair in Labor Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Jean-Laurent Rosenthal is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Barry R. Weingast is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University.

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"Analytic Narratives showcases cutting-edge work in the comparative and historical application of rational-choice theory."—Mark Lichbach, University of Colorado at Boulder