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SUMMARY:Erik Wang (New York University)\, "Too Much But Never Enough: Administrative Capacity and Backlashes to State-building in Medieval Japan"
DESCRIPTION:U.S. ET: November 13 (Thursday)\, 8 – 9 PM \nJST: November 14 (Friday)\, 10 – 11 AM \nZoom Registration: Link  \nPaper: Link \nAuthor(s): Erik H. Wang (New York University) and Weiwen Yin (University of Macau) \nAbstract:\nHow does state-building fail? Existing scholarship emphasizes both territorial reach and administrative capacity as keys to state-building\, but these dimensions do not always progress in tandem. We argue that when territorial penetration outpaces administrative capacity\, it will generate governance demands that the state is ill-equipped to manage\, ultimately fueling unrest. We test this argument in Japan under the Kamakura Shogunate (1185 – 1333). In preparation for the Mongol invasions\, the Shogunate expanded direct rule into previously autonomous regions\, despite its own underdeveloped bureaucratic infrastructure. Our difference-in-differences analyses show that this effort triggered rebellions against the Shogunate\, identifying increased governance burdens as the key mechanism. These centrifugal forces culminated in long-term state decay\, evidenced by the proliferation of castles after the Shogunate’s collapse particularly in those regions. Our findings highlight the conundrum of premature state-building: without sufficient administrative capacity\, efforts to strengthen central authority can paradoxically weaken the state’s long-term viability. \nPresenter: Erik H. Wang (New York University) \nDiscussants: Emily Sellars (Yale University); Junichi Yamasaki (Kyoto University) \nChair: Christina Davis (Harvard University)
URL:https://jposs.org/event/erik-wang-new-york-university-too-much-but-never-enough-administrative-capacity-and-backlashes-to-state-building-in-medieval-japan/
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