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Record Nr.

UNINA9910495862403321

Titolo

The waning of the communist state : economic origins of political decline in China and Hungary / / edited by Andrew G. Walder [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1995

ISBN

0-585-04386-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 280 p. ) : ill. ;

Collana

Studies on China  The waning of the communist state

Studies on China ; ; 21

Altri autori (Persone)

WalderAndrew G <1953-> (Andrew George)

Disciplina

335.43-09439

Soggetti

Communism - China

Communism - Hungary

Socialism, Communism & Anarchism

Political Science

Law, Politics & Government

Hungary Politics and government 1945-1989

Hungary Economic policy 1968-1989

China Politics and government 1976-

China Economic policy 1976-2000

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The quiet revolution from within : economic reform as a source of political decline / Andrew G. Walder -- Property rights and political power : the cumulative process of political change in Hungary / Anna Seleny -- The second economy as a subversive force : the erosion of party power in Hungary / Aḱos Rońa-Tas -- The rise of the regions : fiscal reform and the decline of central state capacity in China / Shaoguang Wang -- Losing the political initiative : the impact of financial liberalization in Hungary / David L. Bartlett -- Bureaucratic patronage and private business : changing networks of power in urban China / David L. Wank --

(cont.) Political hierarchy and private entrepreneurship in a Chinese neighborhood / Ole Bruun -- Everyday power relations : changes in a north China village / Yun-xiang Yan -- Economy and ethnicity : the



revitalization of a Muslim minority in southeastern China / Dru Gladney.