The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia: The Institutional Origins of Social Change and StagnationWhy, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take place, and Ringmar concludes that for sustained development to be possible, change must be institutionalized. Taking a global view, Ringmar investigates the implications of his conclusion on issues facing the developing world today. |
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Contents
The nature and origin of modern society | 3 |
The failure and success of East Asia | 10 |
The selftransforming machine | 18 |
PART II | 27 |
The discovery of distance | 29 |
The face in the mirror | 40 |
Institutions that reflect | 49 |
PART III | 61 |
27 | 104 |
29 | 114 |
40 | 117 |
Institutions dealing with conflicts | 118 |
Reflection | 139 |
Entrepreneurship | 152 |
290 | 159 |
49 | 160 |
Origins of the entrepreneurial outlook | 63 |
The age of the demiurge | 73 |
Institutions that get things done ix | 84 |
A world in pieces | 97 |
3 | 98 |
10 | 99 |
18 | 102 |
63 | 170 |
Europe and China compared | 171 |
Japan and China in a modern world | 193 |
The new politics of modernisation | 207 |
73 | 216 |
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