Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleGoverning Growth: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of the State in the Rise of the West.AuthorsVries, P.H.H.AbstractPresents a comparative analysis of the role of the state in the economic growth of Western Europe. Role of the state-system in Europe; Polities in the Western and Eastern Europe; Comparison of taxes and tax systems.SubjectsECONOMIC conditions in Western Europe; ECONOMIC developmentPublicationJournal of World History, 2002, Vol 13, Issue 1, p67ISSN1045-6007Publication typeArticleDOI10.1353/jwh.2002.0026