The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Unpacking the EAST Formulation -- PART I: EXAMINATION -- 1. Keju as a Scaling Instrument -- 2. Organizing China-and the CCP -- PART II: AUTOCRACY -- 3. A State without a Society -- 4. Reversion to the Autocratic Mean -- PART III: STABILITY -- 5. What Makes Chinese Autocracy So Stable? -- 6. Tullock's Curse -- PART IV: TECHNOLOGY -- 7. Reframing the Needham Question -- 8. A Republic of Government -- PART V: THE FUTURE OF THE EAST MODEL -- 9. The CCP of Xi Jinping -- 10. Breaking Out of the EAST Model? -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.