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The search for modern China
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The authors explored the history of early-modern and modern China, from the seventeenth century to the present, examining the rise and fall of China's last empire, the emergence of a modern nation-state, the sources and development of revolution, and the implications of complex social, political, cultural, and economic transformations in the People's Republic of China.Abstract:
This course explores the history of early-modern and modern China, from the seventeenth century to the present. We will examine the rise and fall of China’s last empire, the emergence of a modern nation-state, the sources and development of revolution, and the implications of complex social, political, cultural, and economic transformations in the People’s Republic of China. Course materials include scholarly monographs, a memoir, primary sources, and visual and material artifacts that offer diverse perspectives. We will meet twice a week for a combination of lectures, discussion, and viewing of visual texts.read more
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The 1970s and 2008: Theorizing Benchmark Dates for Today’s Decentred Global Order:
TL;DR: Many Western and non-western scholars consider the 2008 financial crisis a fundamental caesura, precipitating a decentred globalism as mentioned in this paper. But they have neither conceptualized the foundations of the...
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A Reflection On Police Abuse of Power in the People's Republic of China:
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the role of cultural, institutional and ideological factors contributing to police abuse of power in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and found that the lack of an entrenched legal culture in the rule of law, the absence of an ingrained constitutional spirit in limited government and the emergence of pragmatism as a political ideology.
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Psychologists in China: National Transformation and Humanistic Psychology:
TL;DR: The authors discusses the common points of agreement and opportunities for dialogue and collaboration between western humanistic psychology, Chinese psychology and the philosophical and religious traditions of Daoism and Mencian humanistic Confucianism.
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Trilingual education in the Kam-speaking region of Guizhou : policy, praxis, and perceptions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a list of acknowledgements, acknowledgements and appendices to the Table of Table of Figures and Table of Appendices of the paper "Acknowledgements:
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The military lens : doctrinal differences, misperception, and deterrence failure in Sino-American relations
TL;DR: Thesis (Ph D) as mentioned in this paper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept of Political Science, February 2005, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, USA, USA; Boston, MA
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On the Road: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of access to transportation networks on regional economic outcomes in China over a twenty-period of rapid income growth was investigated, and it was shown that proximity to a transportation network has a moderate positive causal effect on per capita GDP levels across sectors, but no effect on overall GDP growth.
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Primitive accumulation, accumulation by dispossession, accumulation by ‘extra-economic’ means
TL;DR: The authors review recent uses and transformations of the primitive accumulation that focus on its persistence within the Global North, addressing especially the political implications that attend different readings of primitive accumulation in the era of neoliberal globalization.
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International Migration as a Tool in Development Policy: A Passing Phase?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the recent rise of migration and development as a major area of policy concern and cautions against essentializing migration and placing too great a responsibility upon migrant agency at the expense of the institutional change necessary to bring about development.
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The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth
TL;DR: The intellectual origins of the Industrial Revolution are traced back to the Baconian program of the seventeenth century, which aimed at expanding the set of useful knowledge and applying natural philosophy to solve technological problems and bring about economic growth as mentioned in this paper.