Water Governance and State Governance: A Transaction Cost ...

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1 Water Governance and State Governance: A Transaction Cost Perspective of China's Unitarianism* Yahua Wang** Abstract: Unitarianism (da yi tong) is both an important characteristic of Chinese civilization and a key to understanding it, yet there are still issues about China's unitarianism that remain a puzzle. The theory of the water governance school as represented by Karl Mark, Karl Wittfogel and Ray Huang is perhaps the most useful explanation of why China embarked on unitarianism more than 2000 years ago.

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