tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post1203038848297899984..comments2024-03-28T13:23:34.891+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Trickle-down CensorshipA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-61410015155866190702017-01-20T14:15:27.020+00:002017-01-20T14:15:27.020+00:00Roger - I'm sure many senior bureaucrats see C...Roger - I'm sure many senior bureaucrats see China as a possible model for the future. The EU certainly seems to be going that way, assuming it survives. <br /><br />Demetrius - mixing with the right people from an early age seems to be the golden key. The right school or college is a good starting point.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-5014996641075452852017-01-20T13:10:34.688+00:002017-01-20T13:10:34.688+00:00In the UK going to the right school or college see...In the UK going to the right school or college seemed to help.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-11516516365526592262017-01-20T12:36:10.855+00:002017-01-20T12:36:10.855+00:00I suspect Donald and Theresa look at the way China...I suspect Donald and Theresa look at the way China is governed and think - if only..... The way of the future, you know it makes sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-67387906808673984572017-01-20T10:14:34.110+00:002017-01-20T10:14:34.110+00:00Sam - I don't know the answer to that, but it ...Sam - I don't know the answer to that, but it may be that neither is stable in the long term. Perhaps the evolution of new ideas has to flourish in order to keep stagnation at bay. There is no system to promote evolution other than evolution itself which isn't a system.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-12535198036034169662017-01-19T21:23:22.779+00:002017-01-19T21:23:22.779+00:00I've just had a quick look at the wiki page on...I've just had a quick look at the wiki page on "guanxi". It's a term I hadn't heard before, but the basic outlines are fairly simple. One important question comes to mind. Is <i>guanxi</i> more efficient and effective than Western bureaucracy as described by Weber? The impersonal, fact-driven, rational process which separates its functionaries from their kin and community and personalities in the service of efficiency.<br /><br />Were the West able to restore this in its full glory (think German industrial bureaucracy, or the British Raj at its best) how would they fare in a straight fight? Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com