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China's trapped transition : the limits of developmental autocracy / Minxin Pei.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pei, Minxin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--China.
- Democracy.
- China--Politics and government--1976-2002.
- China.
- China--Economic policy--1976-2000.
- China--Economic policy--2000-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (307 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In a book sure to provoke debate, Minxin Pei examines the sustainability of the Chinese Communist Party's reform strategy--pursuing pro-market economic policies under one-party rule. Combining powerful insights with empirical research, China's Trapped Transitio offers a provocative assessment of China's future as a great power.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- ONE. Why Transitions Get Trapped: A Theoretical Framework
- TWO. Democratizing China?
- THREE. Rent Protection and Dissipation: The Dark Side of Gradualism
- FOUR. Transforming the State: From Developmental to Predatory
- FIVE. China's Mounting Governance Deficits
- Conclusion
- Appendix. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index
- Appendix: Reported Cases of Local Mafia States
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674266421
- 0674266420
- 9780674041981
- 0674041984
- OCLC:
- 438766197
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