Public interest and state legitimation: early modern england, japan, and china
Auteur :
He, Wenkai
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009334556
Date de publication :
19 oct. 2023
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
470 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Safeguarding public interest was vital to early modern state legitimacy in Western Europe and East Asia. Wenkai He identifies similar patterns in state-society interactions surrounding public goods provision and explores how conflicts over public interest led to calls for fundamental political change and to modern representative politics.