Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-gbm5v Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-25T16:38:56.829Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

1 - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2024

Steve Chan
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Get access

Summary

Two propositions motivate this book. First, a country’s culture influences its economic performance and, second, its economic performance determines its position in the international pecking order. Economic vitality is imperative for sustaining a country’s leading position in world political economy. This vitality depends critically on its mass culture which is not static but rather evolves in response to changing socioeconomic environment.

Type
Chapter
Information
Culture, Economic Growth, and Interstate Power Shift
Implications for Competition between China and the United States
, pp. 1 - 16
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

  • Introduction
  • Steve Chan, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Book: Culture, Economic Growth, and Interstate Power Shift
  • Online publication: 01 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009465540.001
Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

  • Introduction
  • Steve Chan, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Book: Culture, Economic Growth, and Interstate Power Shift
  • Online publication: 01 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009465540.001
Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

  • Introduction
  • Steve Chan, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Book: Culture, Economic Growth, and Interstate Power Shift
  • Online publication: 01 February 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009465540.001
Available formats
×