| Wednesday, January 7 |
Spruyt 1994, ‘Institutional Selection in International Relations: State Anarchy as Order’ |
| Monday, January 12 |
Olson 1993, ‘Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development’ |
| Wednesday, January 14 |
Sánchez de la Sierra 2020, ‘On the Origins of the State’ |
| Wednesday, January 21 |
Tilly 1990, ‘How War Made States, and Vice Versa’ |
| Monday, January 26 |
Abramson 2017, ‘The Economic Origins of the Territorial State’ |
| Wednesday, February 4 |
Thies 2005, ‘War, Rivalry, and State Building in Latin America’ |
| Monday, February 9 |
Dincecco and Wang 2018, ‘Violent Conflict and Political Development Over the Long Run: China versus Europe’ |
| Monday, February 16 |
Levi 1988, Of Rule and Revenue |
| Wednesday, February 18 |
Karaman and Pamuk 2013, ‘Different Paths to the Modern State in Europe’ |