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Realms of Freedom in Modern China

By: William C. Kirby

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Realms of Freedom in Modern China

By: William C. Kirby

The fifteenth and final volume of the series The Making of Modern Freedom, this book explores a variety of issues surrounding questions of human rights and freedom in China. The chapters suggest very significant realms of freedom, with or without the protection of law, in the personal, social, and economic lives of people in China before the twentieth century. This was recognized, and partly codified, in the early twentieth century, when legal experts sought to establish a republic of laws and limits. The process of legal reform, however, would be placed firmly in the service of strengthening the post-imperial Chinese nation-state, culminating after 1949 in despotism unparalleled in Chinese history. Nevertheless, the last decades of the twentieth century and the first years of our own would witness a slow, steady, but unmistakable reassertion of realms of personal and communal autonomy that show, even in an era of strong states, at least the prospect of institutionalized freedoms.

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Stanford University Press

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080475232X

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9780804752329

Digest of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1866 to 1876. Embracing 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, & 11th Bush

By: William W. Trimble

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Digest of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1866 to 1876. Embracing 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, & 11th Bush

By: William W. Trimble

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

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618

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BoD – Books on Demand

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338552556X

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9783385525566

Chien D'or/The Golden Dog

A Legend of Quebec

By: William Kirby

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Chien D'or/The Golden Dog

A Legend of Quebec

By: William Kirby

A beloved literary artefact, presented for the first time as the author intended.

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1147

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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077354030X

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9780773540309

Empires of Ideas

Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China

By: William C. Kirby

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Empires of Ideas

Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China

By: William C. Kirby

The United States is the global leader in higher education, but this was not always the case and may not remain so. William Kirby examines sources of—and threats to—US higher education supremacy and charts the rise of Chinese competitors. Yet Chinese institutions also face problems, including a state that challenges the commitment to free inquiry.

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Harvard University Press

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0674737717

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9780674737716

Can China Lead?

Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth

By: Regina Abrami,William Kirby

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Can China Lead?

Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth

By: Regina Abrami,William Kirby

It’s time to rethink the way we think about China. In this thought-provoking book, noted China experts from Harvard Business School and the Wharton School assert that while China has experienced remarkable economic growth in recent decades (nearly 10 percent for more than thirty years), it now faces major challenges—tests that could shift the country’s political and economic trajectory. A lack of accountability, transparency, and ease of operating in China—combined with growing evidence of high-level corruption—has made domestic and foreign businesspeople increasingly wary of the “China model.” These issues have deep roots in Chinese history and the country’s political system. Regina M. Abrami of the Wharton School and William C. Kirby and F. Warren McFarlan of Harvard Business School contend that the country’s dynamic private sector could be a source of sustainable growth, but it is constrained by political favoritism toward state-owned corporations. Disruptive innovation, research, and development are limited by concerns about intellectual property protection. Most significant of all is the question of China’s political future: does a system that has overseen dramatic transformations in recent years now have the capacity to transform itself? Based on a new and popular course taught by the authors at Harvard Business School, this book draws on more than thirty Harvard Business School case studies on Chinese and foreign companies doing business in the region, including Sealed Air, China Merchants Bank, China Mobile, Wanxiang Group, Microsoft, UFIDA, and others. Can China Lead? asserts that China is at an inflection point that cannot be ignored. An understanding of the forces that continue to shape its business landscape is crucial to establishing—and maintaining—a successful enterprise in China.

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142214416X

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Realms of Freedom in Modern China

Realms of Freedom in Modern China

Digest of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1866 to 1876. Embracing 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, & 11th Bush

Digest of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1866 to 1876. Embracing 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, & 11th Bush

Chien D'or/The Golden Dog

Chien D'or/The Golden Dog

Empires of Ideas

Empires of Ideas

Can China Lead?

Can China Lead?

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