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1 Online-Ressource (xii, 225 Seiten)
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ill., map
ISBN:
9781845423353
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Content:
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 modernization
Content:
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 evidence
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780470547441
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843769194
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1843769190
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Economics
Keywords:
Bibliografie
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.4337/9781845423353
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