The State's contribution to social order in national societies : Somalia as an illustrative case.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: AUG 1993Description: 23 pSubject: There is growing evidence that the spontaneous emergence of cooperation in dyads and small groups is possible without external enforcement. This has led some to conclude that social order is possible without the state. This paper criticizes this conclusion by first drawing a distinction between local and global orders, and then noting that the mechanism producing local orders might be different from that producing global orders. In large and complex societies with a variety of groups with necessarily conflicting goals, higher levels of local order in some groups reduce those in others. The paper will conclude that the state, acting as a third-party inforcer, is necessary for the maintenance of global order in heterogeneous societies; external enforcement is necessary for global orders precisely because local orders are possible without it. Evidence from the recent events in Somalia will be used to support the argument
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There is growing evidence that the spontaneous emergence of cooperation in dyads and small groups is possible without external enforcement. This has led some to conclude that social order is possible without the state. This paper criticizes this conclusion by first drawing a distinction between local and global orders, and then noting that the mechanism producing local orders might be different from that producing global orders. In large and complex societies with a variety of groups with necessarily conflicting goals, higher levels of local order in some groups reduce those in others. The paper will conclude that the state, acting as a third-party inforcer, is necessary for the maintenance of global order in heterogeneous societies; external enforcement is necessary for global orders precisely because local orders are possible without it. Evidence from the recent events in Somalia will be used to support the argument
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