Political order and political decay from the Industrial Revolution to the globalization of democracy by Fukuyama, Francis

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Development of political institutions to the French Revolution --Part I: The State. What is political development? ; The dimensions of development ; Bureaucracy ; Prussia builds a state ; Corruption ; The birthplace of democracy ; Italy and the low-trust equilibrium ; Patronage and reform ; The United States invents clientelism ; The end of the spoils system ; Railroads, forests, and American state building ; Nation building ; Good government, bad government --Part II: Foreign institutions. …”