China's contained resource curse : how minerals shape state-capital-labor relations / Jing Vivian Zhan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhan, Jing Vivian, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mines and mineral resources--Political aspects--China.

Mines and mineral resources.

Natural resources--China.

Natural resources.

Mineral industries--Labor productivity--China.

Mineral industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

As a country rich in mineral resources, contemporary China remains surprisingly overlooked in the research about the much debated 'resource curse'. This is the first full-length study to examine the distinctive effects of mineral resources on the state, capital and labour and their interrelations in China. Jing Vivian Zhan draws on a wealth of empirical evidence, both qualitative and quantitative. Taking a subnational approach, she zooms in on local situations and demonstrates how mineral resources affect local governance and economic as well as human development. Characterizing mining industries as pro-capital and anti-labour, this study also highlights the redistributive roles that the state can play to redress the imbalance. It reveals the Chinese state's strategies to contain the resource curse and also pinpoints some pitfalls of the China model, which offer important policy implications for China and other resource-rich countries.

Contents:

Minerals and the state-capital-labor triad

Minerals, capital, and local economic development

Resource extraction and victimization of labor

Resources and local state capture

Resources and local public goods provision

Coping with the resource curse.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781009049757 (ebook)

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