Abstract 'State capacity'is a term associated with a popular argument in fiscal sociology,
history, and political economy regarding the role of the state in the process of economic …

Some researchers suggest that the observed boom in the levels of violence in Mexico since
2008 are a consequence of placing federal military forces in states with a significant …

Providers of private governance can be geographically based and have a comprehensive
set of rules for many aspects of life (as in a boarding school or a kibbutz), or they can be …

The article overviews and elaborates the concept of polycentricity, defined as a structural
feature of social systems of many decision centers having limited and autonomous …

How can people who lack access to effective government institutions establish property
rights and facilitate exchange? The illegal narcotics trade in Los Angeles has flourished …

Assuming no prior knowledge, this widely-used and critically-acclaimed text provides a clear
introduction to, and uniquely fair-minded assessment of, Rational Choice approaches. The …

Elinor Ostrom, co-recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics, argued that we should not
be limited to the conceptions of order derived from the work of Adam Smith and Thomas …

This paper is an analysis of the role reputation plays in the Deep Web using data from the
Internet black-market site, The Silk Road. This encrypted online marketplace employed …

Much of the order that exists in the inmate social system is not the result of government
action. How do prisoners create order? Inmates use a combination of norms and …

An in-depth analysis of one of the most important and complex issues of the post-Soviet era,
namely the (re-) integration of this highly interconnected region. The book considers the …