The History of Government from the Earliest Times, Vol. 2: The Intermediate Ages - Softcover

S.E. Finer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198207905 ISBN 13: 9780198207900

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This study of government is the culmination of the work of the late S.E. Finer, one of the leading political scientists of the 20th century. Ranging over 5,000 years, from the Sumerian city state to the modern European nation state, five themes emerge: state-building, military formats, belief systems, social stratification, and timespan.

About this title

About the Author:

FBA, Fellow of All Souls and Emeritus Gladstone Professor of Government and Public Administration in the University of Oxford (d.1993)

Review:

`No review can fully capture the breadth and accessibility of S. E. Finer's posthumous magnum opus ... its clarity and readability must be emphasized ... Finer constantly reminds us of exceptions that explain the richness and diversity of polities.'
John R. Cramsie, History

`This is political science on the grandest scale: three volumes that provide a history of successive forms of government throughout the world from the earliest times to the present day ... Finer presents material on political systems that most political scientists will be completely unfamiliar
with, and gives fresh insights into systems that they might have thought they knew ... What makes it a great book, and one that deserves to be read by all students of government, is Finer's remarkable ability to classify and compare across the entire universe of known systems of government. It is
not simply the scholarship and erudition that is breathtaking, but also the confident, clear and imaginative use of comparative tools to describe the significance of the systems of government.'
Edward Page, Public Policy

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0198207905
• ISBN 13: 9780198207900
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464