Culture, Economic Growth, and Interstate Power Shift - Implications for Competition Between China and the United States

"A country's culture influences its economic growth and its competitiveness. Confucian heritage has promoted China's rapid economic growth, and East Asia is poised to become the most important region of the world's political economy. What do these patterns and trends augur for China and the United States as they compete for international primacy?"--

Sommario

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.

Info autore

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).

Riassunto

A country's culture influences its economic growth and its competitiveness. Confucian heritage has promoted China's rapid economic growth, and East Asia is poised to become the most important region of the world's political economy. What do these patterns and trends augur for China and the United States as they compete for international primacy?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steve Chan, Steve (University of Colorado Boulder) Chan
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.02.2024
• EAN: 9781009465557
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0946555-7
• Pagine: 252
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; USA, China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, Society & culture: general, economic growth, United States of America, USA, Society and culture: general, Confucianism