Culture, Economic Growth, and Interstate Power Shift

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-009-46555-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

A country's culture influences its economic growth, which in turn influences its international position. Confucian heritage appears to be the common factor explaining the rapid economic growth of East Asian countries, including China's meteoric rise in recent years. Ironically, Confucianism has been criticized not too long ago for hindering progress in these countries. At the same time, Protestant countries, once the vanguards of economic development, have seen weak growth., These developed economies are undergoing a cultural transformation from an emphasis on materialist concerns to postmaterialist ones. What do these trends augur for their economic growth and international competitiveness, particularly in the context of ongoing power shifts between China and the United States?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chan, Steve

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. The Origins of culture and its effects on economic development and political order. 3. The struggle between materialist and postmaterialist and China's economic growth in historical and comparative context; 4. Economic growth, interstate primacy, and domestic tradeoffs; 5. Innovation, leading sectors, and international competitiveness; Conclusion; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Chan, Steve
Steve Chan is College Professor of Distinction (Emeritus) at University of Colorado, Boulder. He has published twenty-two books and about one hundred and ninety articles and chapters. He has recently authored Rumbles of Thunder (2023), Thucydides's Trap? (2020), and Trust and Mistrust in Sino-American Relations (2017); and co-authored Contesting Revisionism (2021).