State Formation Through Emulation: The East Asian Model Huang Chin-Hao
State Formation Through Emulation: The East Asian Model Huang Chin-Hao Neither war nor preparations for war were the cause or effect of state formation in East Asia. Furthermore, these countries…
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State Formation Through Emulation: The East Asian Model Huang Chin-Hao
Neither war nor preparations for war were the cause or effect of state formation in East Asia. Furthermore, these countries engaged in state-building not to engage in conflict or to suppress revolt. Instead, emulation of China--the hegemon with a civilizational influence--drove the rapid formation of centralized, bureaucratically administered, territorial governments in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
We challenge the assumption that the European experience with war and state-making was universal. In fact, war was relatively rare and there was no balance of power system with regular existential threats--the longevity of the East Asian dynasties is evidence of both the peacefulness of their neighborhood and their internal stability. More importantly, we broaden the scope of state formation in East Asia beyond the study of China itself and show how countries in the region interacted and