Studying the Agency of Being Governed, Hansson, Stina
Автор: Draude, Anke Название: The Agency of the Governed in the Global South ISBN: 0367663473 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367663476 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: One of Choice Reviews` Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018--an innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state.tate.
An innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state
How did ordinary people in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) deal with the demands of the state? In The Art of Being Governed, Michael Szonyi explores the myriad ways that families fulfilled their obligations to provide a soldier to the army. The complex strategies they developed to manage their responsibilities suggest a new interpretation of an important period in China's history as well as a broader theory of politics.
Using previously untapped sources, including lineage genealogies and internal family documents, Szonyi examines how soldiers and their families living on China's southeast coast minimized the costs and maximized the benefits of meeting government demands for manpower. Families that had to provide a soldier for the army set up elaborate rules to ensure their obligation was fulfilled, and to provide incentives for the soldier not to desert his post. People in the system found ways to gain advantages for themselves and their families. For example, naval officers used the military's protection to engage in the very piracy and smuggling they were supposed to suppress. Szonyi demonstrates through firsthand accounts how subjects of the Ming state operated in a space between defiance and compliance, and how paying attention to this middle ground can help us better understand not only Ming China but also other periods and places.
Combining traditional scholarship with innovative fieldwork in the villages where descendants of Ming subjects still live, The Art of Being Governed illustrates the ways that arrangements between communities and the state hundreds of years ago have consequences and relevance for how we look at diverse cultures and societies, even today.
Автор: Madhushree Sekher; S. Parasuraman; Ruth Kattumuri Название: Governance and Governed ISBN: 9811355355 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811355356 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 19564.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Building, largely, on insights from India, and case studies in Brazil, China, and South Africa, this book provides insights into the contested topic of ‘governance and governed’ from a state–society inter-relationship perspective. It argues that the centrality of an understanding of state-governance today is rooted in concerns regarding diversities and contingencies of concrete political reality to address inequalities, exclusion and vulnerabilities. These countries are part of the BRICSs consortium, and have been recognised for their growth potential in the world economy. But their economic progress alone may not necessarily translate into a better quality of life. The approach here is not to focus on a particular understanding of governance, but to utilise a wider lens to understand the nature and extent of incremental processes in the different case-study contexts in order to offer a broader framework for procedural and substantive understanding of governance, rather than a prescription of a government and its activity of governing. The focus is on deriving practical lessons about governance process that are of interest to the wider development community.
Автор: Madhushree Sekher; S. Parasuraman; Ruth Kattumuri Название: Governance and Governed ISBN: 9811059624 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811059629 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 19564.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Part 1. Setting the scene.- Chapter 1. Why is governance important in the development debate.- Chapter 2. Understanding governance as a process: A framework for analysis.- Part 2. From Government to Governance.- Chapter 3. Local Government and the Governed: A Prismatic View of India's Rural Local Governance.- Chapter 4. Governance and Administration in Post-Apartheid Africa.- Chapter 5. Fiscal Reforms at the Local Level in India: An Overview.- Part 3. Rethinking and Restructuring Governance.- Chapter 6. People's Participated Governance Performance Evaluation and New Governance: A case study on Hangzhou.- Chapter 7. The Emergence of Governance Discourse in Liberalizing India.- Chapter 8. Rethinking Environmental Governance.- Chapter 9. Corporate Governance: At the Crossroads.- Chapter 10. Electronic Technology and the Changing Dynamism of Governance.- Part 4. Governance and Exclusion: Navigating the Roadblocks.- Chapter 11. Participatory Governance in Brazil.- Chapter 12. Governing Diversity and its Challenges.- Chapter 13. Governance and Violence: Communal Violence, Displacement and Growth in Gujarat.
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