Why does state building sometimes promote economic growth and in other cases impede it? Through an analysis of political and economic development in four countries--Turkey, Syria, Korea, and Taiwan--this book explores the origins of political-economic institutions and the mechanisms connecting them to economic outcomes. David Waldner extends our understanding of the political u...(展开全部)

Why were some countries able to build "developmental states" in the decades after World War II while others were not? Through a richly detailed examination of India's experience, Locked in Place argues that the critical factor was the reaction of domestic capitalists to the state-building project. During the 1950s and 1960s, India launched an extremely ambitious and highly rega...(展开全部)

Why were some countries able to build 'developmental states' in the decades after World War II while others were not? Through a richly detailed examination of India's experience, "Locked in Place" argues that the critical factor was the reaction of domestic capitalists to the state-building project. During the 1950s and 1960s, India launched an extremely ambitious and highly re...(展开全部)

作者简介 谢尔登·D.波拉克（Sheldon D.Pollack），特拉华大学法律研究项目主任、教授。他拥有宾夕法尼亚大学法学院法学学位和康奈尔大学政治学博士学位，著有《美国再融资：共和党抗税议程》（Refinancing America： The Republican Antitax Agenda、和《美国税收政策的失败：收入与政治》（The Failure of U.S. Tax Policy：Revenue and Politics）。 译者简介 李婉，1980年3月出生，浙江省瑞安市人，上海财经大学财政学博士，2008年起任教于上海立信会计金融学院，研究领域为中国财税体制与税收制度。

作者简介 谢尔登·D.波拉克（Sheldon D.Pollack），特拉华大学法律研究项目主任、教授。他拥有宾夕法尼亚大学法学院法学学位和康奈尔大学政治学博士学位，著有《美国再融资：共和党抗税议程》（Refinancing America： The Republican Antitax Agenda、和《美国税收政策的失败：收入与政治》（The Failure of U.S. Tax Policy：Revenue and Politics）。 译者简介 李婉，1980年3月出生，浙江省瑞安市人，上海财经大学财政学博士，2008年起任教于上海立信会计金融学院，研究领域为中国财税体制与税收制度。

Speaking about Chinese writing entails thinking about how writing speaks through various media. In the guises of the written character and its imprints, traces, or ruins, writing is more than textuality. The goal of this volume is to consider the relationship of writing to materiality in China's literary history and to ponder the physical aspects of the production and circulati...(展开全部)

Speaking about Chinese writing entails thinking about how writing speaks through various media. In the guises of the written character and its imprints, traces, or ruins, writing is more than textuality. The goal of this volume is to consider the relationship of writing to materiality in China's literary history and to ponder the physical aspects of the production and circulati...(展开全部)

All over the planet, urban growth is taking place in delta and coastal areas. In the Netherlands, there is an inextricable link between hydraulic engineering, urban design, and nation building. To what extent can the Dutch experience serve as a model for other urbanised delta areas? Han Meyer, professor of urbanism at TU Delft, examines how this relationship has emerged and suc...(展开全部)

This volume of essays explores major connected themes in Aristotle's metaphysics, philosophy of nature, and ethics, especially themes related to essence, definition, teleology, activity, potentiality, and the highest good. The volume is united by the belief that all aspects of Aristotle's work need to be studied together if any one of the areas of thought is to be fully underst...(展开全部)

Bringing together new research on Chinese literature and music by twenty-two scholars, on topics ranging from Tang poetry to women's writing and the internet, this collection pays tribute to Wilt Idema as a leading scholar in a field of tremendous scope and diversity.