Henning Hillmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 291486 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henning Hillmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henning |
| FAMILY NAME | Hillmann |
| SIGNATURE | HILLMANN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mannheim |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 92 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Archival data
This chapter shows that “hard-to-get” archival data offer rich opportunities to answer research questions that analytical sociologists ask. Though data from archives are typically qualitative in the sense of non-numerical information that was recorded and kept for administrative reasons, the chapter illustrates how such data can be collected, prepared, and analyzed for the purposes of quantitative social science research. Drawing both on exemplar…
Economic Institutions and the State
What mechanisms account for the long-run differences in economic development across historical settings? Current scholarship has renewed the argument that institutions are essential for promoting market transactions, industrialization, trade, and economic growth. In particular, recent work in economic history offers valuable empirical and theoretical insights into the development of market-supporting institutions, their long-term consequences, an…
Overseas Trade and the Decline of Privateering
Using a novel data set on 2,483 British privateering cruises, we show that state-licensed raiding of commercial vessels was a popular and flourishing business among merchants that took a serious toll on enemy trade from 1689 to 1815. Why, then, did privateering merchants gradually turn away from these profitable endeavors? We show that the expansion of overseas trade increased the opportunity costs for merchants and resulted in the decline of pri…
Fragmented Networks and Entrepreneurship in Late Imperial Russia
Emergent economies suffer from underdeveloped market infrastructures and insufficient public institutions to enforce contract commitments and property rights. Informal reputation-based arrangements may substitute for government enforcement, but they require close-knit networks that enable monitoring. Economic development also requires access to capital, information, and other resources, which is enabled by wide-reaching and diverse networks and n…
Mediation in Multiple Networks
Navigating political action typically requires coalition building across different interest groups. Because members represent divergent interests and are embedded in different networks, however, alliance formation is difficult. In this article, I consider how elites rely on political brokerage to overcome these divisions and form successful coalitions, with successful organization of the parliamentary opposition to the king before the English Civ…
Localism and the Limits of Political Brokerage
Previous research argues that political brokers between rival factions play a critical role in state centralization because they help national state builders to undermine local autonomy. In contrast, this article demonstrates how coordinator elites who forge relationships within communal networks act as a counterweight to more cosmopolitan brokers, representing local interests. Evidence from new archival data on credit networks and political mobi…
Zwischen Engagement und Autonomie
Mediation in Multiple Networks
Navigating political action typically requires coalition building across different interest groups. Because members represent divergent interests and are embedded in different networks, however, alliance formation is difficult. In this article, I consider how elites rely on political brokerage to overcome these divisions and form successful coalitions, with successful organization of the parliamentary opposition to the king before the English Civ…
Fragmented Networks and Entrepreneurship in Late Imperial Russia
Emergent economies suffer from underdeveloped market infrastructures and insufficient public institutions to enforce contract commitments and property rights. Informal reputation-based arrangements may substitute for government enforcement, but they require close-knit networks that enable monitoring. Economic development also requires access to capital, information, and other resources, which is enabled by wide-reaching and diverse networks and n…
Localism and the Limits of Political Brokerage
Previous research argues that political brokers between rival factions play a critical role in state centralization because they help national state builders to undermine local autonomy. In contrast, this article demonstrates how coordinator elites who forge relationships within communal networks act as a counterweight to more cosmopolitan brokers, representing local interests. Evidence from new archival data on credit networks and political mobi…
Economic Institutions and the State
What mechanisms account for the long-run differences in economic development across historical settings? Current scholarship has renewed the argument that institutions are essential for promoting market transactions, industrialization, trade, and economic growth. In particular, recent work in economic history offers valuable empirical and theoretical insights into the development of market-supporting institutions, their long-term consequences, an…
Overseas Trade and the Decline of Privateering
Using a novel data set on 2,483 British privateering cruises, we show that state-licensed raiding of commercial vessels was a popular and flourishing business among merchants that took a serious toll on enemy trade from 1689 to 1815. Why, then, did privateering merchants gradually turn away from these profitable endeavors? We show that the expansion of overseas trade increased the opportunity costs for merchants and resulted in the decline of pri…
Zwischen Engagement und Autonomie
Mediation in Multiple Networks
Navigating political action typically requires coalition building across different interest groups. Because members represent divergent interests and are embedded in different networks, however, alliance formation is difficult. In this article, I consider how elites rely on political brokerage to overcome these divisions and form successful coalitions, with successful organization of the parliamentary opposition to the king before the English Civ…
Localism and the Limits of Political Brokerage
Previous research argues that political brokers between rival factions play a critical role in state centralization because they help national state builders to undermine local autonomy. In contrast, this article demonstrates how coordinator elites who forge relationships within communal networks act as a counterweight to more cosmopolitan brokers, representing local interests. Evidence from new archival data on credit networks and political mobi…
Overseas Trade and the Decline of Privateering
Using a novel data set on 2,483 British privateering cruises, we show that state-licensed raiding of commercial vessels was a popular and flourishing business among merchants that took a serious toll on enemy trade from 1689 to 1815. Why, then, did privateering merchants gradually turn away from these profitable endeavors? We show that the expansion of overseas trade increased the opportunity costs for merchants and resulted in the decline of pri…
Fragmented Networks and Entrepreneurship in Late Imperial Russia
Emergent economies suffer from underdeveloped market infrastructures and insufficient public institutions to enforce contract commitments and property rights. Informal reputation-based arrangements may substitute for government enforcement, but they require close-knit networks that enable monitoring. Economic development also requires access to capital, information, and other resources, which is enabled by wide-reaching and diverse networks and n…
Economic Institutions and the State
What mechanisms account for the long-run differences in economic development across historical settings? Current scholarship has renewed the argument that institutions are essential for promoting market transactions, industrialization, trade, and economic growth. In particular, recent work in economic history offers valuable empirical and theoretical insights into the development of market-supporting institutions, their long-term consequences, an…
Archival data
This chapter shows that “hard-to-get” archival data offer rich opportunities to answer research questions that analytical sociologists ask. Though data from archives are typically qualitative in the sense of non-numerical information that was recorded and kept for administrative reasons, the chapter illustrates how such data can be collected, prepared, and analyzed for the purposes of quantitative social science research. Drawing both on exemplar…
Economics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (3 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Autonomy (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic system (2 works) · Industrialisation (2 works)