'Ordering the World' in Asia and Europe - Exchanging Ideas of Governance and Administration since the 16th Century

'Ordering the World' - a slogan originally employed by Chinese government reformers in the eighteenth century - addresses ideas and practices within the administrative field in Asia and Europe. The volume focusses on the transcultural transfer of notions of order, bureaucratic efficiency and bureaucratic ethos as well as their implementation by the adoption of foreign institutions from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. The sixteen case studies thereby open up the historical dimension of European and Asian bureaucracies and explore the often asymmetrical transfer of administrative notions, ideas and practices as well as their transformation in different cultures. The authors from both Asia and Europe thereby make decisive forays into a global intellectual history of public administration - an issue, which has hardly been touched upon before in academia.

About the author

Susan Richter, Universität Heidelberg; Sebastian Meurer, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg; Nicolas Schillinger, FU Berlin.

Summary

‘Ordering the World’ – a slogan originally employed by Chinese government reformers in the eighteenth century – addresses ideas and practices within the administrative field in Asia and Europe. The volume focusses on the transcultural transfer of notions of order, bureaucratic efficiency and bureaucratic ethos as well as their implementation by the adoption of foreign institutions from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century. The sixteen case studies thereby open up the historical dimension of European and Asian bureaucracies and explore the often asymmetrical transfer of administrative notions, ideas and practices as well as their transformation in different cultures. The authors from both Asia and Europe thereby make decisive forays into a global intellectual history of public administration – an issue, which has hardly been touched upon before in academia.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sebastian Meurer (Editor), Susan Richter (Editor), Nicolas Schillinger (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.12.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9783110616934
• ISBN: 978-3-11-061693-4
• No. of pages: 370
• Illustrations: 8 b/w ill.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Geschichte Europas, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, General & world history, HIS000000 HISTORY / General, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, HIS010000 HISTORY / Europe / General, HIS037050 HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HIS037040 HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HIS037000 HISTORY / World, HIS017000 HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia