New Books by HKUST Scholars 2025 – Business and HSS

Last month we introduced nine new SciTech books authored by HKUST researchers. In this post, we feature eight new books in the fields of business, humanities and social sciences.

For books authored or edited by two or more individuals, the name of the HKUST author is denoted by an asterisk.

Lu Xun and World Literature

Edited by Xiaolu Ma* and Carlos Rojas
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In Lu Xun and World Literature, the contributors examine various aspects of Lu Xun, who is known as the father of modern Chinese literature. Essays in this book focus on Lu Xun’s works in relation to the notions of world literature and processes of literary worlding. They offer detailed analyses of Lu Xun’s own literary oeuvre and of foreign works that engage with his writings. This volume also focuses on many facets of the publication and dissemination of Lu Xun’s works, from printing and binding to the discussions and debates that followed their release in China and abroad. This book not only makes an important contribution to the field of Lu Xun studies, but also proposes a reexamination of the category of world literature.

The Price of Zero: China’s Policy Missteps During & After Covid

By Donald Low
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This anthology of essays on the Chinese economy examines the causes and economic consequences of the zero-Covid policy that China pursued during the pandemic. It argues that initial success with Covid suppression, as well as the failure of most developed countries to contain Covid-19, led to the policy becoming ideology. The dogmatic thinking, hubris, and utopianism that motivated zero-Covid also led to a series of crackdowns on industries that, until recently, were key sources of growth and innovation. The result has been a sharp deceleration of the Chinese economy, falling foreign direct investment, and debt deflation. Meanwhile, the country’s social engineers aim to transform the economy into a techno-utopia that leads the world in the industries of the future. But unless policymakers commit to deeper market reforms and foster a new social contract, China’s economic rise could be in jeopardy. 

Max Weber at 100: Legacies and Prospects

Edited by Joshua Derman* and Peter E Gordon
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The year 2020 marked the centennial of the death of Max Weber, the German sociologist, scholar of world religions, economic historian, social philosopher, and theoretician of modern political life. This volume presents a collection of essays on the legacy and relevance of his thought. The authors, an international array of distinguished scholars, are drawn from various disciplines—philosophy, political science, intellectual history, and sociology. They comprise both experts who have contributed to the ongoing study of Weber’s oeuvre and theorists who discern his enduring bond with key problems in the humanities and social sciences. 

Interpretive Approaches to Policy Analysis: Hermeneutics for our Times

By Raul P. Lejano* and Wing Shan Kan
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This Brief provides researchers with an introduction to interpretive approaches for analyzing public policies. It introduces several real-world policy situations where the lack of an interpretive focus limits the analysis and precludes better policy responses. It takes an integrative point of view, with an openness to combining the insights from interpretive and positivist approaches in policy analysis, noting the ability of the interpretive approach to make sense of data while uncovering the otherwise hidden ideological and normative bases of other types of analyses.

Minority Language Learning for Adult Migrants in Europe

Edited By James Simpson* and Sari Pöyhönen
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This collection examines the learning and teaching of minority languages for adult migrants in Europe, with studies featuring perspectives from adult migrants themselves as well as local authorities, teachers, education planners and representatives from working life.

Hong Kong Taxation and Tax Planning, 23rd Edition

By Patrick Kin-wai Ho and Kelvin P Mak*
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The objective of this book is to provide readers with taxation knowledge from the basic to the advance level of tax planning. At the same time, this book is a very valuable tool for students learning their materials for the preparation of academic and professional examinations.

The author has been trying his best to accomplish the above objective in the past editions. This is done with the provision of the most updated tax knowledge and concept maps to assist readers in understanding the difficult tax knowledge.

云贵高原的”坝子社会”: 历史人类学视野下的地域社会整合 (The Bazi Society of the Yun-Gui Plateau: Integration of Local Societies in the Perspective of Historical Anthropology)

編著 寸雲激 馬健雄*
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本书重点讨论了明清时期坝子社会交通网络的发展与社会文化联结以及地域社会整合的诸多条件、过程，例如山区与坝区、土司与州县以及社群共同体的发展，就地域社会与文化的面向而言，前述的历史过程与社会变化对今天我们所熟知的地域文化、族群身份的建构的历史性影响，以及具体的社群日常生活的基本面貌。其主旨是基于文献和基础田野研究材料，以地域社会视角作为切入点，探讨云贵高原地方民众以何种社会机制持续及重塑地方文化与社群关系的问题。

因果推論の計量経済学 (The Econometrician’s Guide to Causal Inference)

作者 川口康平* 澤田真行
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経済学で使う因果推論の基礎知識から応用・実装までをナビゲート。最新動向や専門家たちの暗黙知もふまえ、ベストな実践を解説！

This book guides you through everything from the foundational knowledge of causal inference used in economics to its practical application and implementation. It also incorporates the latest trends and the tacit knowledge of experts to explain the best practices in the field!

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