TY  - JOUR
TI  - Thompson W. Complexity, Diminishing Marginal Returns, and Serial Mesopotamian Fragmentation 
T2  - The Russian Sociological Review
IS  - The Russian Sociological Review
KW  - centralisation
KW  - decentralisation
KW  - diminishing marginal returns
AB  - 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.
AU  - Vladimir Popov
UR  - https://sociologica.hse.ru/en/2006-5-1/27480292.html
PY  - 2006
SP  - 58-62
VL  - 5