The historical evolution of polities
International Review of Law and EconomicsPublished 1 December 1994
Douglass C. North
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Abstract
In an earlier essay (North, 1981, Ch. 3) I developed the “Neo-Classical Theory of the State.” This essay elaborates, extends, and modifies that essay in three directions: (1) It incorporates time into the model; (2) it is explicitly concerned with the perceptions— the belief systems—that determine choices; and (3) it relates the belief systems to the external environment of the players, both the past environmental experiences that are incorporated in cultural conditioning and the present environmental experiences incorporated in “local learning.”
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