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中國模式的終點：從科舉帝制到數位威權，揭露中國式治理制度的宿命

The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline

de 黃亞生 ...

★《外交政策》年度最佳圖書★從秦漢到習時代、從科舉取才到數位極權官僚制度如何馴化菁英、壓制多元？科技如何被國家徵用與操控？MIT史隆管理學院教授、也是「紅色家族」第三代，層層揭開中國治理模式走向盡頭的深層邏輯。　　是奇蹟還是詛咒？一場持續千年的政經制度實驗，如何決定中國的未來　　中國的崛起，是現代世界最令人驚嘆的現象之一。但它的崛起，是偶然、是奇蹟，還是根植於一套長久演化的制度設計？而這套制度設計，在帶來成功的同時，是否也內建了走向衰敗的風險？　　要理解今天的習近平，必須先看懂沿襲1,300年的「科舉」制度過去四十年，世界驚嘆於中國的經濟奇蹟，認為這是一種結合了威權政治與市場經濟的獨特「中國模式」。然而，隨著經濟成長放緩、社會監控緊縮，這個超... ... Leer más

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★《外交政策》年度最佳圖書★從秦漢到習時代、從科舉取才到數位極權官僚制度如何馴化菁英、壓制多元？科技如何被國家徵用與操控？MIT史隆管理學院教授、也是「紅色家族」第三代，層層揭開中國治理模式走向盡頭的深層邏輯。　　是奇蹟還是詛咒？一場持續千年的政經制度實驗，如何決定中國的未來　　中國的崛起，是現代世界最令人驚嘆的現象之一。但它的崛起，是偶然、是奇蹟，還是根植於一套長久演化的制度設計？而這套制度設計，在帶來成功的同時，是否也內建了走向衰敗的風險？　　要理解今天的習近平，必須先看懂沿襲1,300年的「科舉」制度過去四十年，世界驚嘆於中國的經濟奇蹟，認為這是一種結合了威權政治與市場經濟的獨特「中國模式」。然而，隨著經濟成長放緩、社會監控緊縮，這個超...
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How Economics Explains the World

A Short History of Humanity

de Andrew Leigh ...

“If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” —Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard UniversityA sweeping, engrossing history of how economic forces have shaped the world—all in under 200 pagesOne of The Economist's Best Books of the YearIn How ... Leer más

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“If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” —Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard UniversityA sweeping, engrossing history of how economic forces have shaped the world—all in under 200 pagesOne of The Economist's Best Books of the YearIn How
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The New Dealers

Power Politics in the Age of Roosevelt

de Jordan A. Schwarz ...

This bold new analysis of the New Deal dramatically revises our vision of the Roosevelt legacy -- and of the new relation between government and business it made a central fact of American life. With impressive scholarship and narrative brio, Jordan A. Schwarz persuasively demonstrates that the New Deal's architects sought not merely to save an endangered American capitalism but to integrate ... Leer más

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This bold new analysis of the New Deal dramatically revises our vision of the Roosevelt legacy -- and of the new relation between government and business it made a central fact of American life. With impressive scholarship and narrative brio, Jordan A. Schwarz persuasively demonstrates that the New Deal's architects sought not merely to save an endangered American capitalism but to integrate
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The Confounding Island

Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament

de Orlando Patterson ...

The preeminent sociologist and National Book Award–winning author of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture grapples with the paradox of his homeland: its remarkable achievements amid continuing struggles since independence.There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous ... Leer más

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The preeminent sociologist and National Book Award–winning author of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture grapples with the paradox of his homeland: its remarkable achievements amid continuing struggles since independence.There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous
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Land and Freedom

The MST, the Zapatistas and Peasant Alternatives to Neoliberalism

de Leandro Vergara-Camus ...

The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against neoliberalism. But what have these movements achieved for their members in more than two decades of resistance and can any of these achievements realistically contribute to the rise of a viable alternative?Through a perfect balance of grassroots ... Leer más

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The Zapatistas of Chiapas and the Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) of Brazil are often celebrated as shining examples in the global struggle against neoliberalism. But what have these movements achieved for their members in more than two decades of resistance and can any of these achievements realistically contribute to the rise of a viable alternative?Through a perfect balance of grassroots
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The Unbanking Of America

How the New Middle Class Survives

de Lisa Servon ...

“[A] startling and absorbing exposé . . . Required reading for fans of muckraking authors like Barbara Ehrenreich.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Exceptional . . . thorough, and even gut-wrenching. A significant contribution.”—American ProspectWhy Americans are fleeing our broken banking system in growing numbers, and how alternatives are rushing in to do what banks once didWhat do an ... Leer más

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“[A] startling and absorbing exposé . . . Required reading for fans of muckraking authors like Barbara Ehrenreich.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Exceptional . . . thorough, and even gut-wrenching. A significant contribution.”—American ProspectWhy Americans are fleeing our broken banking system in growing numbers, and how alternatives are rushing in to do what banks once didWhat do an
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This Side of Home

de Renée Watson ...

Does growing up have to mean growing apart? From Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson comes a poignant novel about love for home and for ourselves, embracing change, and what it means to grow up.Identical twins Maya and Nikki have always agreed on the important things-their friends, the right boys, their plans for college and the future. But before senior year ... Leer más

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Does growing up have to mean growing apart? From Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson comes a poignant novel about love for home and for ourselves, embracing change, and what it means to grow up.Identical twins Maya and Nikki have always agreed on the important things-their friends, the right boys, their plans for college and the future. But before senior year
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The Entrepreneurial Imperative

How America's Economic Miracle Will Reshape the World (and Change Your Life)

de Carl J. Schramm, PhD ...

In 2004, Carl Schramm, president of the Kauffman Foundation, the world's leading foundation for entrepreneurship, published a groundbreaking essay with a radical premise: that Americans literally have no conception of the secret that truly underlies our economic success, and that for the United States to survive and continue to lead the world's economy, it is imperative we learn to understand and ... Leer más

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In 2004, Carl Schramm, president of the Kauffman Foundation, the world's leading foundation for entrepreneurship, published a groundbreaking essay with a radical premise: that Americans literally have no conception of the secret that truly underlies our economic success, and that for the United States to survive and continue to lead the world's economy, it is imperative we learn to understand and
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China Road

A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power

de Rob Gifford ...

Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and economic revolution that is turning China upside down.In this utterly surprising and deeply personal book ... Leer más

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Route 312 is the Chinese Route 66. It flows three thousand miles from east to west, passing through the factory towns of the coastal areas, through the rural heart of China, then up into the Gobi Desert, where it merges with the Old Silk Road. The highway witnesses every part of the social and economic revolution that is turning China upside down.In this utterly surprising and deeply personal book
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The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century

Paving a New Silk Road

de Richard Pomfret ...

This book analyzes the Central Asian economies of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, from their buffeting by the commodity boom of the early 2000s to its collapse in 2014. Richard Pomfret examines the countries’ relations with external powers and the possibilities for development offered by infrastructure projects as well as rail links between China and ... Leer más

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This book analyzes the Central Asian economies of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, from their buffeting by the commodity boom of the early 2000s to its collapse in 2014. Richard Pomfret examines the countries’ relations with external powers and the possibilities for development offered by infrastructure projects as well as rail links between China and
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The Essential Hirschman

de Emma Rothschild, Amartya Sen, Albert O. Hirschman ...

Some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkersThe Essential Hirschman brings together some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. Albert O. Hirschman was a master essayist, one who possessed the rare ability to blend the ... Leer más

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Some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkersThe Essential Hirschman brings together some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most influential and provocative thinkers. Albert O. Hirschman was a master essayist, one who possessed the rare ability to blend the
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Think Like a Freak

The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain

de Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner ...

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and ... Leer más

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The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and
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More Urban Less Poor

An Introduction to Urban Development and Management

de Goran Tannerfeldt, Per Ljung ...

A world more urban...The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This historic shift is producing dramatic effects on human well-being and the environment....but less poorUnplanned shanty-towns without basic services are not an inevitable consequence of urbanization and ... Leer más

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A world more urban...The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This historic shift is producing dramatic effects on human well-being and the environment....but less poorUnplanned shanty-towns without basic services are not an inevitable consequence of urbanization and
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Sustainability and Sustainable Development

An Introduction

de Lisa Benton-Short ...

The challenge in teaching an introductory course on sustainability is there are many ways to teach it, and many issues to cover. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals offer a cohesive and interconnected set of topics to help address this problem – indeed the SDGs are now the guiding framework for planning and implementing sustainability through 2030. They are the focus of international ... Leer más

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The challenge in teaching an introductory course on sustainability is there are many ways to teach it, and many issues to cover. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals offer a cohesive and interconnected set of topics to help address this problem – indeed the SDGs are now the guiding framework for planning and implementing sustainability through 2030. They are the focus of international
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A History of West Africa

de Toyin Falola ...

Series series Routledge Global Africa Textbooks
This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the modern day.Over the course of twenty seven short and engaging chapters, the book delves into the social, cultural, economic and political history of West Africa, through prehistory, revolutions, ancient empires, thriving trade networks, religious ... Leer más

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This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the modern day.Over the course of twenty seven short and engaging chapters, the book delves into the social, cultural, economic and political history of West Africa, through prehistory, revolutions, ancient empires, thriving trade networks, religious
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Raised to Obey

The Rise and Spread of Mass Education

de Agustina Paglayan ...

Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizensNearly every country today has universal primary education. But why did governments in the West decide to provide education to all children in the first place? In Raised to Obey, Agustina Paglayan offers an unsettling answer. The introduction of broadly ... Leer más

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How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state’s desire to control its citizensNearly every country today has universal primary education. But why did governments in the West decide to provide education to all children in the first place? In Raised to Obey, Agustina Paglayan offers an unsettling answer. The introduction of broadly
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Nature, Choice and Social Power

de Erica Schoenberger ...

We are at an environmental impasse. Many blame our personal choices about the things we consume and the way we live. This is only part of the problem. Different forms of social power - political, economic and ideological - structure the choices we have available. This book analyses how we make social and environmental history and why we end up where we do.Using case studies from different ... Leer más

$73.99 USD

We are at an environmental impasse. Many blame our personal choices about the things we consume and the way we live. This is only part of the problem. Different forms of social power - political, economic and ideological - structure the choices we have available. This book analyses how we make social and environmental history and why we end up where we do.Using case studies from different
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Child Labor and the Urban Third World

Toward a New Understanding of the Problem

de Subrata Sankar Bagchi ...

The Third World cities have been reinvented by the forces of globalization as the destinations of new investments, causing the migration of a teeming million to the major urban centers without any corresponding increase in the creation of new jobs and other basic amenities required for decent living. The problem of child labor has also been exacerbated to an unprecedented level in the urban areas ... Leer más

$34.99 USD

The Third World cities have been reinvented by the forces of globalization as the destinations of new investments, causing the migration of a teeming million to the major urban centers without any corresponding increase in the creation of new jobs and other basic amenities required for decent living. The problem of child labor has also been exacerbated to an unprecedented level in the urban areas
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After Piketty

Edición de Heather Boushey, J. Bradford DeLong, Marshall Steinbaum ...

Are Thomas Piketty’s analyses of inequality on target? Where should researchers go from here in exploring the ideas he pushed to the forefront of global conversation? In After Piketty, a cast of economists and other social scientists tackle these questions in dialogue with Piketty, in what is sure to be a much-debated book in its own right. ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

Are Thomas Piketty’s analyses of inequality on target? Where should researchers go from here in exploring the ideas he pushed to the forefront of global conversation? In After Piketty, a cast of economists and other social scientists tackle these questions in dialogue with Piketty, in what is sure to be a much-debated book in its own right.
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China Dream And The China Path, The

de Tianyong Zhou ...

Series Libro 4 - Series On Chinese Economics Research
Since its reform and opening up, China has experienced unprecedented social and economic development. It is important to understand the biggest and fastest growing economy's policy and strategy. As a key director in Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the author proposes a development path and reform strategies for China in the next three decades.This book ... Leer más

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Since its reform and opening up, China has experienced unprecedented social and economic development. It is important to understand the biggest and fastest growing economy's policy and strategy. As a key director in Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the author proposes a development path and reform strategies for China in the next three decades.This book
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Local and Regional Development

de Andy Pike, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, John Tomaney ...

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial instability, volatility and crisis; concerns about economic, social and ecological sustainability, climate change and resource shortages; new multi ... Leer más

$91.99 USD

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial instability, volatility and crisis; concerns about economic, social and ecological sustainability, climate change and resource shortages; new multi
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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition

The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

de Dan Ariely ...

The groundbreaking bestseller from iconic behavioral psychologist Dan Ariely, now the inspiration for the Fall 2023 NBC show The Irrational"A marvelous book… thought provoking and highly entertaining."—Jerome Groopman, New York Times bestselling author of How Doctors Think"Ariely not only gives us a great read; he also makes us much wiser."—George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics ... Leer más

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The groundbreaking bestseller from iconic behavioral psychologist Dan Ariely, now the inspiration for the Fall 2023 NBC show The Irrational"A marvelous book… thought provoking and highly entertaining."—Jerome Groopman, New York Times bestselling author of How Doctors Think"Ariely not only gives us a great read; he also makes us much wiser."—George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics
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The World Trade Organization

A Very Short Introduction

de Amrita Narlikar ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is scarcely ten years old, but even in these early years of its existence it has generated debate, controversy and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization regulates and intrudes into areas of individual consumer choice, ethical preferences, and cultural habits. This deep and far-ranging impact ... Leer más

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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is scarcely ten years old, but even in these early years of its existence it has generated debate, controversy and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization regulates and intrudes into areas of individual consumer choice, ethical preferences, and cultural habits. This deep and far-ranging impact
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The Poorer Nations

A Possible History of the Global South

de Vijay Prashad ...

In The Darker Nations, Vijay Prashad provided an intellectual history of the Third World and told the story of the rise and fall of the Non-Aligned Movement.With The Poorer Nations, Prashad takes up the story where he left it. Since the ’70s, the countries of the Global South have struggled to express themselves politically. Prashad analyzes the failures of neoliberalism, as well as the rise of ... Leer más

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In The Darker Nations, Vijay Prashad provided an intellectual history of the Third World and told the story of the rise and fall of the Non-Aligned Movement.With The Poorer Nations, Prashad takes up the story where he left it. Since the ’70s, the countries of the Global South have struggled to express themselves politically. Prashad analyzes the failures of neoliberalism, as well as the rise of
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