{"id":9735,"date":"2025-07-24T13:47:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/?p=9735"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:11:20","slug":"best-practices-and-elite-belief-international-competition-and-state-modernization-in-qing-china-and-meiji-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snuacwebzine.snu.ac.kr\/?p=9735","title":{"rendered":"Best Practices and Elite Belief: International Competition and State Modernization in Qing China and Meiji Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" >[vc_column_text]<b>Best Practices and Elite Belief: International Competition and State Modernization in Qing China and Meiji Japan<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Alexandre Haym(<\/b><b>\uc5f0\uc138\ub300\ud559\uad50<\/b><b>), Dylan Motin(<\/b><b>\uc544\uc2dc\uc544\uc5f0\uad6c\uc18c \ubc29\ubb38\ud559\uc790<\/b><b>), <\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Journal of East Asian Studies<\/em> Vol. 25, No. 1<\/p>\n<div class=\"abstract-content\">\n<div class=\"abstract\" data-abstract-type=\"normal\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why did Meiji Japan succeed in modernizing its state apparatus while Qing China failed? According to neorealists, states respond to threats by balancing. Successful balancing requires an efficient bureaucracy to extract enough resources from society to sustain a formidable military. Yet not all states are equal when it comes to modernizing. We argue that a state\u2019s ability to adopt best practices depends on its past position in the international system. States suffering from a longstanding material weakness will tend to adopt new practices from abroad more quickly than states that have enjoyed a dominant position for a long time. Embeddedness decides whether or not the state perceives its model\u2019s crisis. 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