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Record Nr.

UNINA9910493196203321

Titolo

The rise and decline and rise of China : searching for an organising philosophy / / Hester du Plessis (ed)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Johannesburg : , : Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), , 2015

ISBN

1-920655-92-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Soggetti

Electronic books.

China Economic conditions History

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction: Hester du Plessis and Thaddeus Metz; Chapter 2: The 'Civilisational Project' of China: Hester du Plessis and Gauhar Raza; Chapter 3: Values in China as Compared to Africa: Thaddeus Metz; Chapter 4: Science and Society in China: Hester du Plessis and Gauhar Raza; Chapter 5: The Politics of China: Garth le Pere; Chapter 6: China's Economic Transformation - What Lessons Can Africa Learn?: Daouda CisseĢ

Chapter 7: Chinese Society in Flux - A Study of Ethnicity, Guanxi, and Urbanisation From the Late Imperial China Until Today: Maxime Lauzon-Lacroix and Ross AnthonyChapter 8: China's Involvement with Africa: Kevin Bloom and Richard Poplak; Chapter 9: Concluding Recommendations: Hester du Plessis and Thaddeus Metz; Appendix 1: The Role of Land in China's Economic Development: Yongjun Zhao; Appendix 2: China's Special Economic Zone Model - The Fire-starter of Industrialisation in Africa?: Martyn Davies; Index