@ARTICLE{27043461_27480292_2006, 
	author = {Vladimir Popov}, 
	keywords = {, centralisation, decentralisationdiminishing marginal returns},
	title = {Thompson W. Complexity, Diminishing Marginal Returns, and Serial Mesopotamian Fragmentation },
	journal = {The Russian Sociological Review},
	year = {2006},
	volume = {5},
	number = {1},
	pages = {58-62},
	url = {https://sociologica.hse.ru/en/2006-5-1/27480292.html},
	publisher = {},
	abstract = {In the paper the causes of centralization and decentralization of ancient societies are considered. As an analytical resource the theory of diminishing marginal returns of Joseph Tainter is involved. The basic indicators of processes of centralization and decentralization are growth of the population and increase or reduction of quantity of cities.},
	annote = {In the paper the causes of centralization and decentralization of ancient societies are considered. As an analytical resource the theory of diminishing marginal returns of Joseph Tainter is involved. The basic indicators of processes of centralization and decentralization are growth of the population and increase or reduction of quantity of cities.}
}