{"product_id":"9780792373902","title":"Ideology and the Evolution of Vital Institutions: Guilds, The Gold Standard, and Modern International Cooperation","description":"\u003ch1\u003eIdeology and the Evolution of Vital Institutions: Guilds, The Gold Standard, and Modern International Cooperation\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eThompson, Earl A.; Hickson, Charles R.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this book, Thompson and Hickson strongly challenge the  standard interpretation of the basis of growth and viability of  dominant wealthy nations. Briefly, efforts of the economically wealthy  and the government leaders to increase their wealth and protect it  from aggressors, internal and external, are cast in a new evolutionary  light. The challenge is to the idea that societies leading  intellectual formulators of political and social policy have been  helpful. Their alternative, and persuasive, interpretation is that the  rise and survival of wealthier nations has been achieved because of an  `effective democracy'. \u003cbr\u003e  The authors explain why an effective democratic state must avoid  `narrow, short-sighted', rational appearing concessions to a sequence  of aggressors. In short, the Thompson-Hickson interpretation of the  rise of wealthy dominant nations does not rely on advice of superior  intellectual advisors, but instead rests on the pragmatic, almost ad  hoc, actions of democratic legislators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2001-06-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ISBN-10: 9780792373902\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792373902\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-1457-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 406\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44341244002444,"sku":"9780792373902","price":153.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792373902.jpg?v=1755041199","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792373902","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}