{"product_id":"of-rule-and-revenue-volume-13-paperback","title":"Of Rule and Revenue: Volume 13 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Levi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Levi's wide-ranging theoretical and historical study demonstrates the importance of political relative to economic factors in accounting for revenue production policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA marvelous read, full of interesting lore and powerful ideas. . . . Levi has pushed the historical study of resources mobilization to a new height.--Aaron Wildavsky, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA magnificent book, one of the best blends of rational choice theory and historical analysis I've seen. . . . [Levi's] resolute focus throughout on rulers' efforts to balance extraction of revenues against the compliance of their polities organizes this vast collection of material into a tight, compelling account.--Russell Hardin, University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Levi convincingly integrates institutional analysis and rational choice theory to provide powerful accounts of what state rulers do. This is an important book, certain to generate broad interest and debate.--Theda Skocpol, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI think the book will have a major impact. It positions itself in the macro-level literature and looks at states and the evolution of political forms. But it does so while championing the use of micro-level tools of reasoning and models derived from rational choice.--Robert H. Bates, Duke University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA marvelous read, full of interesting lore and powerful ideas. . . . Levi has pushed the historical study of resources mobilization to a new height.--Aaron Wildavsky, University of California, Berkeley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A magnificent book, one of the best blends of rational choice theory and historical analysis I've seen. . . . [Levi's] resolute focus throughout on rulers' efforts to balance extraction of revenues against the compliance of their polities organizes this vast collection of material into a tight, compelling account.\"--Russell Hardin, University of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Margaret Levi convincingly integrates institutional analysis and rational choice theory to provide powerful accounts of what state rulers do. This is an important book, certain to generate broad interest and debate.\"--Theda Skocpol, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I think the book will have a major impact. It positions itself in the macro-level literature and looks at states and the evolution of political forms. But it does so while championing the use of micro-level tools of reasoning and models derived from rational choice.\"--Robert H. Bates, Duke University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Levi\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington and author of \u003ci\u003eBureaucratic Insurgency: The Case of Police Unions\u003c\/i\u003e (1977).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52478130323763,"sku":"9780520067509","price":64.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QTFGRm1ybS9vbnZ0NTNDVWdTN2VzZz09.webp?v=1759633084","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/of-rule-and-revenue-volume-13-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}