Structures on the Move - Technologies of Governance in Transcultural Encounters. between Asia and Europe (16th-20th century)

This book enters new territory by moving toward a new conceptual framework for comparative and interdisciplinary research on transcultural state formation. Once more, statehood and governance are highly discussed topics, whereby modern state building is often considered to be a genuinely European characteristic, despite the fact that early modern Europeans knew of, experienced and grappled with highly developed states in Asia. The articles collected in this book discuss how strategies of governance were part of transcultural transfers between the two continents. The first part presents and discusses concepts of statehood in order to provide a set of conceptual tools for analyzing the transcultural appropriation of governmental strategies. The second part is concerned with case studies that examine the transcultural perception of governance, and the third and final part gathers perspectives on political practice in transcultural encounters (e.g. military, administration, and diplomacy)

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This book enters new territory by moving toward a new conceptual framework for comparative and interdisciplinary research on transcultural state formation. Once more, statehood and governance are highly discussed topics, whereby modern state building is often considered to be a genuinely European characteristic, despite the fact that early modern Europeans knew of, experienced and grappled with highly developed states in Asia. The articles collected in this book discuss how strategies of governance were part of transcultural transfers between the two continents. The first part presents and discusses concepts of statehood in order to provide a set of conceptual tools for analyzing the transcultural appropriation of governmental strategies. The second part is concerned with case studies that examine the transcultural perception of governance, and the third and final part gathers perspectives on political practice in transcultural encounters (e.g. military, administration, and diplomacy)

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• Assisted by: Antj Flüchter (Editor), Antje Flüchter (Editor), Richter (Editor), Richter (Editor), Susan Richter (Editor), Susann Richter (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2012
• EAN: 9783642192876
• ISBN: 978-3-642-19287-6
• No. of pages: 285
• Weight: 450 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 285 p. 9 illus., 5 illus. in color.
• Series: Transcultural Research Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context; Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context; Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context; Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; B, History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, biotechnology, Social Sciences, Historiography, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Sociology, general, Regional Studies, Culture—Study and teaching, History, general, Asia;Global History;Governance;Models;State