The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics
Timothy Besley,Torsten Persson — The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics (2009)Timothy Besley; Torsten Persson · 2009 · Article · Wars as common-interest public goods favour state capacityDisputedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0613 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Bellicist theory of state formation · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Using data on European states from 1100 to 1790, Abramson found that small political units persisted well into the age of the territorial state and argued that economic development and urban growth, rather than changes in war making, explain where large territorial states formed.”
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2State Capacity and Military Conflict
Nicola Gennaioli,Hans-Joachim Voth — State Capacity and Military Conflict (2015)Nicola Gennaioli; Hans-Joachim Voth · 2015 · ArticleEvidence that contradicts
2The Economic Origins of the Territorial State
Scott F. Abramson — The Economic Origins of the Territorial State (2017)Scott F. Abramson · 2017 · Article · AbstractThe Sovereign State and Its Competitors: An Analysis of Systems Change
Hendrik Spruyt — The Sovereign State and Its Competitors: An Analysis of Systems Change (1994)Hendrik Spruyt · 1994 · Book · Economic explanation of the sovereign stateStatus history
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