China's Development : Capitalism and Empire

ISBN-13: 9780415535021 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 320 str.

Michel Aglietta; Guo Bai

Opis

Focusing on sustainability, this book explores the future of China in light of the successful reforms undertaken in the last 30 years. It combines Chinese economic history and macroeconomic theory in order to show how economic transformations and institutional changes are intertwined in developing capitalism.

Recenzje

'The book has two particular strengths. The detail in its explanation of how reform evolved in China is impressive. A rich set of statistics illustrates the events and trends and the clear text is accessible to both the general reader and the specialist. Secondly, its approach deviates from that of standard economics, insofar as it adopts an evolutionary account that fits well with our understanding of how progress is made in China. The writing combines socio-economics, complexity theory, non-linear adaptation, co-evolution, and it matches the idea of China as a vast laboratory in which the only predictable factor is the political power. Its conclusions are well-based, well presented, and worthy of attention from all those with an interest in China's future.' - Gordon Redding, Adjunct Professor of Asian Business and Comparative Management at INSEAD

Spis treści

Introduction: From Imperial History to sui generis Development of Capitalism  Part 1: Putting China Today in Historical Perspective  1. A Role for History and Culture in the Resilience of China’s Institutional Framework  2. Growth Regimes in Chinese History  Part 2: Understanding Chinese Reforms in the Past Thirty Years  3. On the Political Economy of Reform  4. The Second Phase of Chinese Reform  Part 3: The New Stage of Reform toward Sustainability  5. China’s Economic Opening to the World  6. The Making of Sustainable Growth  7. A Road Map for the Transformation of China’s Economic Structure  8. From Policies to Politics