Kent E. Calder Livres

Exploring the resilience of urban areas, the book delves into how cities adapt more effectively to rapid changes compared to nations. It examines the unique characteristics of urban environments, such as diversity, innovation, and local governance, which enable them to respond swiftly to challenges. Through various examples and case studies, the author highlights the importance of community engagement and flexible infrastructures in fostering adaptability, ultimately suggesting that cities may offer valuable lessons for national policy and global issues.

The story of the creation of the metric system in 1792 traces the endeavors of Delambre and Méchain, the backlash of superstitious contemporaries, and the mistake that drove Méchain to the brink of madness.

Nearly everyone knows that Singapore has one of the most efficient governments and competitive advanced economies in the world. But can this unique city- state serve as a model for other advanced economies as well as for the emerging world? Respected East Asia expert Kent Calder provides clear answers to this intriguing question in his new, groundbreaking book.

Introduction : confronting the paradox -- Paradox and Japanese public policy -- The circles-of-compensation concept -- The political economy of connectedness -- Finance -- Land and housing -- Food supply -- Energy -- Transportation -- Communications -- Japan's domestic circles and the broader world -- Models for the future -- Conclusion : unraveling the paradox

A Eurasian transformation is underway, and it flows from China. With a geopolitically central location, the country's domestic and international policies are poised to change the face of global affairs. The Belt and Road Initiative has called attention to a deepening Eurasian continentalism that has, argues Kent Calder, much more significant implications than have yet been recognized. In Super Continent, Calder presents a theoretically guided and empirically grounded explanation for these changes. He shows that key inflection points, beginning with the Four Modernizations and the collapse of the Soviet Union; and culminating in China's response to the Global Financial Crisis and Crimea's annexation, are triggering tectonic shifts. Furthermore, understanding China's emerging regional and global roles involves comprehending two ongoing transformations--within China and across Eurasia as a whole--and that the two are profoundly interrelated. Calder underlines that the geo-economic logic that prevailed across Eurasia before Columbus, and that made the Silk Road a central thoroughfare of world affairs for close to two millennia, is reasserting itself once again.