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The Military Revolution and Political Change
Brian Downing
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Beschreibung
To examine the long-run origins of democracy and dictatorship, Brian Downing focuses on the importance of medieval political configurations and of military modernization in the early modern period. He maintains that in late medieval times an array of constitutional arrangements distinguished Western Europe from other parts of the world and predisposed it toward liberal democracy. He then looks at how medieval constitutionalism was affected by the "military revolution" of the early modern era--the shift from small, decentralized feudal levies to large standing armies. Downing won the American Political Science Association's Gabriel Almond Award for the dissertation on which this book was based.
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Authoritarianism, Dutch Revolt, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Constitution, Infantry, Obstacle, Tax, Social class, Baronage, Political system, Cambridge University Press, Parlement, Wealth, Aristocracy, Bourgeoisie, Rule of law, Princeton University Press, Mercenary, Theda Skocpol, Early modern period, University of California Press, Local government, State formation, Autocracy, Dictatorship, Government, Superiority (short story), Democracy, Resource mobilization, Benefice, Constitutionalism, Warfare, Nobility, Army, Szlachta, Great power, Liberal democracy, Army of Flanders, Military Revolution, Brandenburg-Prussia, Crown land, Holy Roman Empire, Institution, Agriculture, Oligarchy, War of the Spanish Succession, Sovereignty, Political science, Oxford University Press, Military service, Intendant, Capitalism, Estates of the realm, Parliament, Thirty Years' War, Political history, Vassal, Peasant, War, Middle class, Modernity, Counter-Reformation, The Cambridge Medieval History, Military organization, Conscription, Middle Ages, Military history, Feudalism, Prussia, Subsidy