Globalization and state transformation in China / Yongnian Zheng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zheng, Yongnian, author.

Series:

Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies.

Cambridge Asia-Pacific studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Political aspects--China.

Capitalism.

Globalization--Political aspects--China.

Globalization.

China--Economic policy--1976-2000.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Globalization & State Transformation in China

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Globalization has thrown up challenges and opportunities which all countries have to grapple with. In his 2004 book, Yongnian Zheng explores how China's leaders have embraced global capitalism and market-oriented modernization. He shows that with reform measures properly implemented, the nation-state can not only survive globalization, but can actually be revitalized through outside influence. To adapt to the globalized age, Chinese leaders have encouraged individual enterprise and the development of the entrepreneurial class. The state bureaucratic system and other important economic institutions have been restructured to accommodate a globalized market economy. In rebuilding the economic system in this way, Zheng observes that Chinese leaders have been open to the importation of Western ideas. By contrast, the same leaders are reluctant to import Western concepts of democracy and the rule of law. The author argues that, ultimately, this selectivity will impede China's progress in becoming a modern nation state.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Globalization: State decline or state rebuilding?; 2 The state, leadership and globalization; 3 Globalism, nationalism and selective importation; 4 Power, interests and the justification of capitalism: Constructing an interest-based political order; 5 Bureaucratic reformand market accommodation; 6 Building a modern economic state: Taxation, finance and enterprise system; 7 State rebuilding, popular protest and collective action

8 Contending visions of the Chinese state: New Liberalism vs. the New Left9 Globalization and towards a rule-based state governance?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-14815-4

1-280-43747-2

0-511-18421-2

0-511-16580-3

0-511-16387-8

0-511-32278-X

0-511-61630-9

0-511-16467-X

OCLC:

71337829