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Technology and the Rise of Great Powers
How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition
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A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powers. When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that centre the moment of innovation—the eureka moment that sparks astonishing...
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A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powers.
When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that centre the moment of innovation—the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats. In Technology and the Rise of Great Powers, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation of how technological revolutions affect competition among great powers. Rather than focusing on which state first introduced major innovations, he investigates why some states were more successful than others at adapting and embracing new technologies at scale.
Drawing on historical case studies of past industrial revolutions as well as statistical analysis, Ding develops a theory that emphasises institutional adaptations oriented around diffusing technological advances throughout the entire economy.
Examining Britain's rise to preeminence in the First Industrial Revolution, America and Germany's overtaking of Britain in the Second Industrial Revolution, and Japan's challenge to America's technological dominance in the Third Industrial Revolution (also known as the 'information revolution'), Ding illuminates the pathway by which these technological revolutions influenced the global distribution of power. He explores the generalisability of his theory beyond the given set of great powers.
His findings bear directly on current concerns about how emerging technologies such as AI could influence the US-China power balance.
Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9780691260341
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 August 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Illustration: 15 b/w illus. 20 tables.
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
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Width: 156.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Jeffrey Ding is assistant professor of political science at George Washington University. He also holds research affiliations with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, the Elliott School of International Affairs, and the Centre for the Governance of AI.
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