King Ch Ngjo An Enlightened Despot In Early Modern Korea
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King Ch Ngjo An Enlightened Despot In Early Modern Korea
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Author : Christopher Lovins
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2019-03-25
King Ch Ngjo An Enlightened Despot In Early Modern Korea written by Christopher Lovins and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-25 with History categories.
Were the countries of Europe the only ones that were "early modern"? Was Asia's early modernity cut short by colonialism? Scholars examining early modern Eurasia have not yet fully explored the relationships between absolute rule and political modernization in the highly contested early modern world. Using a comparative perspective that places Chŏngjo, king of Korea from 1776 to 1800, in context with other Korean kings and with contemporary Chinese and European rulers, Christopher Lovins examines the shifting balance of power in Korea in favor of the crown at the expense of the aristocracy during the early modern period. This book is the first to analyze in English the recently discovered collection of 297 private letters written by Chŏngjo himself. These letters were a vital channel of communication outside of official court historians' scrutiny, since private meetings between the king and his ministers were forbidden by custom. Royal politics played out in an arena of subtle communication, with court officials trying to read the king's unstated, elliptically hinted at intentions and the king trying to suggest what he wanted done while maintaining plausible deniability. Through close analysis of both official records and private letters, including Chŏngjo's "secret letters," Lovins shows that, in contrast to previous assumptions, the late eighteenth-century Korean monarchs were not weak and ineffective but instead were in the process of building an absolutist polity.
Seeing Like A State
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Author : James C. Scott
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-17
Seeing Like A State written by James C. Scott and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-17 with Political Science categories.
“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University
Contextual Choices In Fighting Corruption
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Author : Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Contextual Choices In Fighting Corruption written by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Social Movements In China And Hong Kong
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Author : Khun Eng Kuah
language : en
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2009
Social Movements In China And Hong Kong written by Khun Eng Kuah and has been published by Amsterdam University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Social Science categories.
Het uitgangspunt van dit boek is dat Chinese individuen van hun eigen inzet uit moeten kunnen gaan, ongeacht de beperkingen die hen door de staat worden opgelegd. Om hun belangen beter te kunnen verdedigen sluiten sommige individuen zich aan bij sociale bewegingen, die tot sociale protesten kunnen leiden.
The Cambridge Dictionary Of Modern World History
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Author : Chris Cook
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The Cambridge Dictionary Of Modern World History written by Chris Cook and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History, Modern categories.
Killing Hope
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Author : William Blum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Killing Hope written by William Blum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Intervención (Legislación internacional). categories.
A study of the military interventions by the US since WW2: Frank & detailed. Covers activities of CIA and US military.
Studies In Global Animal Law
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Author : Anne Peters
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-01-01
Studies In Global Animal Law written by Anne Peters and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-01 with Animal welfare categories.
This open access book contains 13 contributions on global animal law, preceded by an introduction which explains key concepts and methods. Global Animal Law refers to the sum of legal rules and principles (both state-made and non-state-made) governing the interaction between humans and other animals, on a domestic, local, regional, and international level. Global animal law is the response to the mismatch between almost exclusively national animal-related legislation on the one hand, and the global dimension of the animal issue on the other hand. The chapters lay some historical foundations in the ius naturae et gentium, examine various aspects of how national and international law traditionally deals with animals as commodity; and finally suggest new legal concepts and protective strategies. The book shows numerous entry points for animal issues in international law and at the same time shifts the focus and scope of inquiry.
Fixing Haiti
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Author : Jorge Heine
language : en
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Release Date : 2011
Fixing Haiti written by Jorge Heine and has been published by United Nations University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Business & Economics categories.
Haiti may well be the only country in the Americas with a last name. References to the land of the "black Jacobins" are almost always followed by the phrase "the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere". To that dubious distinction, on 12 January 2010 Haiti added another, when it was hit by the most devastating natural disaster in the Americas, a 7.0 Richter scale earthquake. More than 220,000 people lost their lives and much of its vibrant capital, Port-au-Prince, was reduced to rubble. Since 2004, the United Nations has been in Haiti through MINUSTAH, in an ambitious attempt to help Haiti raise itself by its bootstraps. This effort has now acquired additional urgency. Is Haiti a failed state? Does it deserve a Marshall-plan-like program? What will it take to address the Haitian predicament? In this book, some of the world's leading experts on Haiti examine the challenges faced by the first black republic, the tasks undertaken by the UN, and the new role of hemispheric players like Argentina, Brazil and Chile, as well as that of Canada, France and the United States.
The Dictator S Handbook
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Author : Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
language : en
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Release Date : 2011-09-27
The Dictator S Handbook written by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and has been published by PublicAffairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-27 with Political Science categories.
A groundbreaking new theory of the real rules of politics: leaders do whatever keeps them in power, regardless of the national interest. As featured on the viral video Rules for Rulers, which has been viewed over 3 million times. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith's canonical book on political science turned conventional wisdom on its head. They started from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don't care about the "national interest"-or even their subjects-unless they have to. This clever and accessible book shows that democracy is essentially just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind but only in the number of essential supporters, or backs that need scratching. The size of this group determines almost everything about politics: what leaders can get away with, and the quality of life or misery under them. The picture the authors paint is not pretty. But it just may be the truth, which is a good starting point for anyone seeking to improve human governance.
A History Of Asia
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Author : Rhoads Murphey
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-09-16
A History Of Asia written by Rhoads Murphey and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-16 with History categories.
A History of Asia is the only text to cover the area known as "monsoon Asia" - India, China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia--from the earliest times to the present. Written by leading scholar Rhoads Murphey, the book uses an engaging, lively tone to chronicle the complex political, social, intellectual, and economic histories of this area. Popular because of its scope and coverage, as well as its illustrations, maps, and many boxed primary sources, the new edition of A History of Asia continues as a leader in its field.