Corelli Barnett addressed the issue this way: "This book seeks explain the collapse of British power.
Nor is it a work of military history in the traditional sense, for the power of a nation-state by no means consists only in its armed forces, but also in its economic and technological resources; in the dexterity, foresight and resolution with which its foreign policy is conducted; in the efficiency of its social and political organisation. It consists most of all in the nation itself: the people; their skills, energy, ambition, discipline, initiative; their beliefs, myths and illusions. And it consists, further, in the way all these factors are related to one another. Moreover, national power has to be considered not only in itself, in its absolute extent, but relative to the state's foreign OR imperial obligations; it has to be considered relative to the power of other states".
A quibble: FIG 2, illustrating the status of women is wrong. China's equivalent to the Equal Rights Amendment was the first bill Mao signed in 1950, after championing women's rights nationally all his life.
Today, the 'missing' girls have been discovered, 88% of mainland firms have at least one woman on their senior management teams – considerably ahead of the global average of 75%. Adjusted for age, seniority and education, Chinese women are within 4% of their male counterparts' wages.
They tend to avoid politics because–thanks to a 2000-year prohibition on being posted to your home province–a political career is incompatible with family life.
Excellent overview. Thanks.
Corelli Barnett addressed the issue this way: "This book seeks explain the collapse of British power.
Nor is it a work of military history in the traditional sense, for the power of a nation-state by no means consists only in its armed forces, but also in its economic and technological resources; in the dexterity, foresight and resolution with which its foreign policy is conducted; in the efficiency of its social and political organisation. It consists most of all in the nation itself: the people; their skills, energy, ambition, discipline, initiative; their beliefs, myths and illusions. And it consists, further, in the way all these factors are related to one another. Moreover, national power has to be considered not only in itself, in its absolute extent, but relative to the state's foreign OR imperial obligations; it has to be considered relative to the power of other states".
A quibble: FIG 2, illustrating the status of women is wrong. China's equivalent to the Equal Rights Amendment was the first bill Mao signed in 1950, after championing women's rights nationally all his life.
Today, the 'missing' girls have been discovered, 88% of mainland firms have at least one woman on their senior management teams – considerably ahead of the global average of 75%. Adjusted for age, seniority and education, Chinese women are within 4% of their male counterparts' wages.
They tend to avoid politics because–thanks to a 2000-year prohibition on being posted to your home province–a political career is incompatible with family life.