![]() The state is a hierarchical, centralized organization that holds a monopoly on legitimate force over a defined territory. In the first volume of this book, I argued that there were three basic categories of institutions that constituted a political order: the state, rule of law, and mechanisms of accountability. This is different from shifts in politics or policies: prime ministers, presidents, and legislators may come and go, laws may be modified, but it is the underlying rules by which societies organize themselves that define a political order. ![]() Political development is change over time in political institutions. ![]() Political development and its three components: the state, rule of law, and accountability why all societies are subject to political decay the plan for the book why it is good to have a balanced political system ![]()
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