Marketization and democracy in China / Jianjun Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Jianjun, 1967 February 11-

Series:

Routledge Studies on China in Transition

Routledge Studies on China in Transition ; v.10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--China.

Democracy.

China--Social conditions--2000-.

China.

China--Economic policy--2000-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since China began an era of market reform three decades ago, many Westerners believed that, political liberalization and, eventually, democracy would follow. However, contrary to Western expectations, China remains an authoritarian country and the communist party is still in power, even though the country has witnessed rapid economic growth and its people have become richer.In Marketization and Democracy in China, Jianjun Zhang questions whether China's market reforms have created favorable social conditions for democracy, whether the country's emerging entrepreneurial class w

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I: Development patterns and the evolution of property rights; 2 Emergence of the two development patterns; 3 Changing power relations; 4 Manipulated versus transparent privatization of TVEs; Part II: Class structure and elite relations; 5 Polarized versus flat class structure; 6 Elite relations in post-privatization Sunan; 7 Changing elite relations in Wenzhou; Part III: Political consequences; 8 Top-down versus bottom-up business associations

9 Controlled versus competitive village elections10 Conclusion; Appendix A: Research methodology; Appendix B: List of informants; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-05569-2

1-281-25964-0

9786611259648

0-203-93118-1

9780203931189

OCLC:

437198570