Red capitalists in China : the party, private entrepreneurs, and prospects for political change / / Bruce J. Dickson [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450330303321
• Autore: Dickson Bruce J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-107-13531-1; 1-280-43452-X; 1-139-14858-3; 0-511-18006-3; 0-511-06129-3; 0-511-05496-3; 0-511-30692-X; 0-511-51004-7; 0-511-06975-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge modern China series
• Disciplina: 324.251/075
• Soggetti: Businessmen - Political activity - China; Entrepreneurship - Political aspects - China; China Politics and government 1976-2002; China Economic policy 1976-2000
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Challenges of party building in the reform era -- New institutional links -- Appendix: survey design and implementation -- The politics of cooptation -- The political beliefs and behaviors of China's red capitalists -- Appendix: multivariate analyses of political beliefs of officials and entrepreneurs.
• Sommario/riassunto: It has become a truism that continued economic reform in China will contribute to political change. Policy makers as well as many scholars expect that formation of a private sector will lead, directly or indirectly through the emergence of a civil society, to political change and ultimately democratization. The rapidly growing numbers of private entrepreneurs, the formation of business associations, and the ; cooperative relationships between entrepreneurs and local officials are seen as initial indicators of a transition from China's still nominally communist political system. This book, first published in 2003, focuses on two related issues: whether the Chinese Communist Party is willing and able to adapt to the economic environment its reforms are bringing about, and whether China's 'red capitalists', private entrepreneurs who also belong to the communist party, are likely to be agents of political change.