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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348226903321

Autore

Feng Hui

Titolo

The politics of China's accession to the World Trade Organization : the dragon goes global / / Hui Feng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006

ISBN

9786610290307

9781134203529

1134203527

9781134203536

1134203535

9781280290305

1280290307

9780203029411

0203029410

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary China series ; ; 8

Classificazione

83.42

Disciplina

382/.92/0951

Soggetti

Nonfiction

Politics

Sociology

China Commercial policy

China Economic policy 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 The iron bloc inside out; 2 The road to the WTO; 3 Contending views on the WTO; 4 Elite politics and the WTO accession; 5 Bureaucratic politics and WTO accession; 6 Foreign pressures on China's WTO accession; Conclusion; Appendix: chronology of China's accession to the WTO; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Grounded on a series of first-hand interviews with Chinese government officials, this book examines China's accession to the World Trade Organization, providing an 'inside' look at Chinese WTO accession negotiations. Presenting a systematic political economy model in



analyzing Beijing's decision-making mechanisms, the book argues that China's WTO policy making is a state-led, leadership driven, and top-down process. Feng explores how China's determined political elite partly bypassed and partly restructured a largely reluctant and resistant bureaucracy, under constant pressure from an incre