The Constitution of Ancient China
by Bell, Daniel, Su, Li, Zhang, Yongle, Ryden, Edmund
by Bell, Daniel, Su, Li, Zhang, Yongle, Ryden, Edmund
All complex and large-scale societies are organized along certain hierarchies, but the concept of hierarchy has become almost taboo in the modern world. Just Hierarchy contends that this stigma is a mistake. In fact, as Daniel Bell and Wang Pei show, it is neither possible nor a…
by Bell, Daniel
fromSt. Antony's Macmillan series
This book challenges the view that liberal democracy is the inevitable outcome of economic modernization. Focusing on the stable and prosperous societies of Pacific Asia, it argues that contemporary political arrangements are legitimised by the values of hierarchy, familism and …