Violence and social orders : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history The conceptual framework The natural state The natural state applied : English land law Open access orders The transition from limited to open access orders : the doorstep conditions The transition proper A new research agenda for the social sciences All societies must deal with the possibility of violence and they do so in different ways. This study integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked ...