Erik Ringmar: 2 books
The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia
Institutional Origins of Social Change and Stagnation
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Why, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take place, and Ringmar concludes that for sustained development to be possible,...
by Thomas Lindemann, Erik Ringmar
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
The origins of international conflict are often explained by security dilemmas, power-rivalries or profits for political or economic elites. Common to these approaches is the idea that human behaviour is mostly governed by material interests which principally involve the quest for power or wealth....