With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of gems. Beneath the tangle of great statesmen and national culture he discovers conflicting regional political interests, sharp regional… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
Going to war accelerated the move from indirect to direct rule. Almost any state that makes war finds that it cannot pay for the… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
From that point on, the extraordinary system of spies and informers which has played an important part in the political work of the French state into our own time took shape. (Sartine, who became lieutenant general de police in 1759, is supposed to have said to Louis XV, "Sire, when three people are chatting in the street one of them… — Charles Tilly Copy Share
“To the extent that the threats against which a given government protects its citizens are imaginary or are consequences of its own activities, the government has organized a protection racket. Since governments themselves commonly stimulate, or even fabricate, threats of external war, and since the repressive and extractive activities of governments often constitute the largest current threats to the livelihoods… — Charles Tilly Copy Share
“To the extent that the threats against which a given government protects its citizens are imaginary or are consequences of its own activities, the government has organized a protection racket. Since governments themselves commonly stimulate, or even fabricate, threats of external war, and since the repressive and extractive activities of governments often constitute the largest current threats to the livelihoods… — Charles Tilly Copy Share
Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens... — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
“Both personal experience and professional studies of social processes, after all, had led me to think that people rarely accomplish exactly what they consciously… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of gems. Beneath… — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
