Bates, Robert2020-02-102004-10Bates, Robert H. “Probing the Sources of Political Order.” CID Working Paper Series 2004.110, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October 2004.http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42406333As noted by Hobbes, political order makes possible the good things of life. It constitutes the political foundations for development. Motivated by the theory of the state and qualitative materials from Africa, this paper develops a model of the foundations of political order, which it then tests on data from 46 African countries over the period 1970-1995.en-USResearch Paper or Report2020-02-10