The Eve of Leviathan's Reborn: Bureaucratic Reform and State Building in Medieval China

• In Event: Historical Political Economy of China

Brief Overview

By situating the Chinese case within a broader comparative framework, this study contributes to a more general theory of bureaucratic development, elite capture, and the fragility of institutional transformation in early state building.

Authors

• Duancheng Yang, East China University of Political Science and Law

• Runze Tai, Fudan University