| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 197 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-192) and index. |
| Contents |
Civil society and social cohesion -- Self interest and social evolution -- The breakdown of social order -- Warfare, biology and culture. |
| Summary |
Studying civil society, the evolution of social relations, and the breakdown of social order, Order and Anarchy re-examines the role of violence in human social evolution. Drawing on anthropology, political science, and evolutionary theory, it offers a novel approach to understanding stability and instability in human society. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social stability.
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Social stability. |
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Violence.
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Violence. |
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Social evolution.
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Social evolution. |
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Civil society.
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Civil society. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Layton, Robert, 1944- Order and anarchy. 1st ed. Cambridge, England ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521857716 0521674433 (DLC) 2005029844 (OCoLC)62152793 |
| ISBN |
0511191928 (electronic book) |
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9780511191923 (electronic book) |
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0521857716 (cloth) |
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9780521857710 (cloth) |
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0521674433 (paperback) |
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9780521674430 (paperback) |
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0511190743 |
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9780511190742 |
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0511191065 |
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9780511191060 |
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051119160X (electronic book) |
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9780511191602 (electronic book) |
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9780511617263 (electronic book) |
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0511617267 (electronic book) |
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1280458585 |
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9781280458583 |
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