LEADER 02667nam a22003857i 4500001    99131492840506421
005    20250520130517.0
006    m#####o##d########
007    cr#mn######a#a
008    220825s2025||||enk     o     ||1 0|eng|d
020    9781009347600 (ebook)
020     |z9781009663298 (hardback)
020     |z9781009347617 (paperback)
035    (CKB)38694520100041
035    (UkCbUP)CR9781009347600
040    UkCbUP |beng |erda |cUkCbUP
043    a-cc---
050  4 JQ1532.Z13 |bE879 2025
082 04 354.51249001 |223
100 1  Wang, Erik H., |eauthor. |0no data |1https://erikhw.github.io
245 14 The political economy of China's imperial examination system / |cErik H. Wang, Clair Z. Yang.
264  1 Cambridge : |bCambridge University Press, |c2025.
300    1 online resource (80 pages) : |bdigital, PDF file(s).
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    computer |bc |2rdamedia
338    online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier
490 1  Cambridge elements. Elements in political economy, |x2398-4031
520    Just as councils and assemblies were central to European polities for centuries, the Imperial Examination System (Keju) constituted the cornerstone of state institutions in China. This Element argues that Keju contributed to political stability, and its emergence was a process, not a shock, with consequences initially unanticipated by its contemporaries. The Element documents the emergence of Keju using evidence from early Chinese empires to the end of the Tang Dynasty in the 10th century, including epitaphs and government documents. It then traces the selection criteria of Keju and trends in social mobility over the second millennium, leveraging biographical information from over 70,000 examinees and 1,500 ministers and their descendants. The Element uses a panel of 112 historical polities to quantify Keju's association with country-level political indicators against the backdrop of global convergence in political stability and divergence in institutions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
500    Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 May 2025).
506 0  Open Access. |fUnrestricted online access |2star
650  0 Civil service |zChina |xExaminations |xHistory. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008101069
651  0 China |xPolitics and government |xHistory.
776 08  |iPrint version: |z9781009663298
700 1  Yang, Clair, |eauthor. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021040898 |1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7629-5947
830  0 Cambridge elements. |pElements in political economy |x2398-4031.
906    BOOK
956 40  |uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009347600