Transforming China: Economic Reform and Its Political Implications

ISBN-13: 9780333735916 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 223 str.

Wei-Wei Zhang

Opis

Provides an insider's examination of China's economic reform and its political implications. The book sheds new light on the Chinese approach to reform, including its dual-goal, dynamic gradualism and reform leadership. It assesses the vast social and political changes set forth by the reform and the international ramifications of China's rise.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements List of Tables Abbreviations Introduction PART I: ECONOMIC REFORM: AN OVERVIEW Rural Reform Urban Reform Macroeconomic Reform Opening to the Outside World PART II: ECONOMIC REFORM: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES Dual Goal: Development and Transition Soft and Hard Reforms Dynamic Gradualism Ideological Reorientation Reform Leadership The Role of Overseas Chinese PART III: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ECONOMIC REFORM Changing Social Structure Informal Liberalization Shifting Values Corruption Regionalism Political Reform Chinese Economic Area International Implications Conclusion Bibliography Index

O autorze

WEI-WEI ZHANG is Senior Research Fellow at the Modern Asia Research Centre, Geneva University and Professor at the College of the Humanities, Fudan University, China. He worked as a senior English interpreter for the Chinese leaders in the mid-1980s. His recent publications include Ideology and Economic Reform under Deng Xiaoping (1978-1993).