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dc.contributor.advisorStinchcombe, Arten_US
dc.contributor.advisorBergesen, Alen_US
dc.contributor.authorKISER, EDGAR VANCE.
dc.creatorKISER, EDGAR VANCE.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-31T16:58:02Z
dc.date.available2011-10-31T16:58:02Z
dc.date.issued1987en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/184073
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores the role of Absolutist states in the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Western Europe. Three general questions are addressed: (1) what are the determinants of variations in the autonomy of rulers? (2) what are the consequences of variations in autonomy for states policies? and (3) what are the effects of various state policies on economic development? A new theoretical framework, based on a synthesis of the neoclassical economic literature on principal-agent relations and current organizational theory in sociology, is developed to answer these three questions. Case studies of Absolutism in England, France, Sweden, and Spain are used to illustrate the explanatory power of the theory.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectFeudalism -- Europe -- History.en_US
dc.subjectCapitalism -- Europe -- History.en_US
dc.subjectPrerogative, Royal -- Europe -- History.en_US
dc.subjectDespotism -- History.en_US
dc.subjectEconomic history.en_US
dc.titleKINGS AND CLASSES: CROWN AUTONOMY, STATE POLICIES, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN EUROPEAN ABSOLUTISMS (ENGLAND, FRANCE, SWEDEN, SPAIN).en_US
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dc.typeDissertation-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc698380091en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.identifier.proquest8712887en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-22T15:02:41Z
html.description.abstractThis dissertation explores the role of Absolutist states in the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Western Europe. Three general questions are addressed: (1) what are the determinants of variations in the autonomy of rulers? (2) what are the consequences of variations in autonomy for states policies? and (3) what are the effects of various state policies on economic development? A new theoretical framework, based on a synthesis of the neoclassical economic literature on principal-agent relations and current organizational theory in sociology, is developed to answer these three questions. Case studies of Absolutism in England, France, Sweden, and Spain are used to illustrate the explanatory power of the theory.


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