Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition

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Jeffrey Ding

Technology and the Rise of Great Powers

How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition

Jeffrey Ding

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Princeton University Press
20 August 2024

Political science & theory; International economics; Economic history; Impact of science & technology on society

Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics

A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powers.

When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center the moment of innovation

the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats. In this book, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation of how technological revolutions affect competition among great powers. Rather than focusing on which state first introduced major innovations, he investigates why some states were more successful than others at adapting and embracing new technologies at scale. Drawing on historical case studies of past industrial revolutions as well as statistical analysis, Ding develops a theory that emphasises institutional adaptations oriented around diffusing technological advances throughout the entire economy.

Examining Britain's rise to preeminence in the First Industrial Revolution, America and Germany's overtaking of Britain in the Second Industrial Revolution, and Japan's challenge to America's technological dominance in the Third Industrial Revolution (also known as the 'information revolution'), Ding illuminates the pathway by which these technological revolutions influenced the global distribution of power and explores the generalisability of his theory beyond the given set of great powers. His findings bear directly on current concerns about how emerging technologies such as AI could influence the US-China power balance.

By: Jeffrey Ding
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691260341
ISBN 10: 0691260346
Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 20 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeffrey Ding is assistant professor of political science at George Washington University. He also holds research affiliations with the Foreign Policy Research Institute, the Elliott School of International Affairs, and the Centre for the Governance of AI.

Reviews for Technology and the Rise of Great Powers: How Diffusion Shapes Economic Competition

"""One of the best books examining . . . how technology enables national power is from Jeffrey Ding. . . . An important and interesting book."" * Information Technology & Innovation Foundation *"