A Review of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History

Bates, Robert2014-01-282010Bates, Robert H. 2010. “A Review of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History.” Journal of Economic Literature 48 (3) (September): 752-756. doi:10.1257/jel.48.3.752.0022-0515http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11595732In Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History, Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast probe the organizational foundations of development. Outlining the properties of the "natural" and "open entry" societies, they highlight as well the conditions under which societies can move from one to the other, thereby achieving political order and economic prosperity.en-USA Review of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human HistoryCommentary or Review2014-01-2810.1257/jel.48.3.752