STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Becky Yang Hsu (Cambridge University Press, 2017) For information from the publisher, please click here. In Borrowing Together, Becky Hsu examines the social aspects of the most intriguing element of group-lending microfinance: social collateral. She investigates the details of the social relationships among fellow borrowers and … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Alexander Cook’s “The Cultural Revolution on Trial”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: The Cultural Revolution on Trial: Mao and the Gang of Four, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is Alexander C. Cook, a Columbia PhD who teaches history at the University of California, Berkeley. The trial of Cultural Revolution leaders, … [Read more...]
The Cultural Revolution on Trial: Mao and the Gang of Four
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Alexander C. Cook (Cambridge University Press, 2016) For information from the publisher, please click here. The trial of Cultural Revolution leaders, including Mao's widow and her Gang of Four, was the signal event in China's post-Mao transition. In its wake, Chinese socialism emerged from the rubble of the Cultural Revolution to … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Sheena Chestnut Greitens’ “Dictators and Their Secret Police”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Dictators and Their Secret Police: Coercive Institutions and State Violence, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the … [Read more...]
Dictators and their Secret Police: Coercive Institutions and State Violence
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Sheena Chestnut Greitens (Cambridge University Press, 2016) For information from the publisher, please click here. Co-Winner, 2017 Best Book Award, American Political Science Association (APSA) Section on Comparative Democratization Co-Winner, 2017 Best Book Award, International Studies Association How do dictators stay in … [Read more...]
