If stable and efficient banks are such a good idea, why are they so rare? -- The game of bank bargains -- Tools of conquest and survival : why states need banks -- Privileges with burdens : war, empire, and the monopoly structure of English banking -- Banks and democracy : Britain in the...

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Preface; 1. The problem with the role of banks; 1:1 What this book is all about; 1:2 A social science world view; 1:3 The problem with banks; 1:4 Plan of attack; 1:5 Method; 1:6 Analysis; 2. Community as centre...

The coalition of the willing and the breakthrough of the welfare state : the political history of the Danish people's pension / Klaus Petersen & Jørn Henrik Petersen -- From Bismarck to the new pension orthodoxy : the historical development of the pension system in Hungary / Dorottya Szikra --...