Trust and Rule (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521671354)

Rightly fearing that unscrupulous rulers would break them up, seize their resources, or submit them to damaging forms of intervention, strong networks of trust such as kinship groups, clandestine religious sects, and trade diasporas have historically insulated themselves from political control by a variety of strategies. Drawing on a vast range of comparisons over time and space, Charles Tilly asks and answers how, and with what consequences, members of trust networks have evaded, compromised with, or even sought connections with political regimes.

Author: Charles Tilly
ISBN-10: 0521671353
ISBN-13: 9780521671354
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/25/2005
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.08w x 0.49d