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Political competition, innovation and growth in the history of Asian civilizations / edited by Peter Bernholz, Roland Vaubel ; with a foreword by Eric Jones

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, Mass : Edward Elgar, 2004Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 225 p) : ill., mapISBN:
  • 9781845423353
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: 1843769190 | 9780470547441 | 9781843769194 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: 9780470547441 Druck-Ausgabe | Elektronische Reproduktion von: Political competition, innovation and growth in the history of Asian civilizations. Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2004. XII, 225 SDDC classification:
  • 950/.072 22
RVK: RVK: QF 080 | NK 3350LOC classification:
  • HD41
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781845423353Online resources: Summary: Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively debate surrounding this question, going back to David Hume and Immanuel Kant. This book is a new attempt to test its veracity. The existing literature tends to assume that the beneficial effects of inter state competition have been confined to European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised. However, these civilisations have not always been unified politically. In their history, there have been long spells of decentralised rule or inter state competition. The same is true for Japan. If the Hume-Kant hypothesis is correct, it should also apply to those periods. This volume analyses the qualitative and quantitative evidenceSummary: 1. Introduction and overview -- 2. The political pattern of historical creativity : a theoretical case -- 3. Creative clusters, political fragmentation and cultural heterogeneity : an investigative journey through civilizations East and West -- 4. Lessons from the history of Imperial China -- 5. Advantages of centralized and decentralized rule in Japan -- 6. India -- 7. Islamic statecraft and the Middle East's delayed modernizationPPN: PPN: 1023446081Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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