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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809887603321

Autore

Wright Tim <1948-, >

Titolo

The political economy of the Chinese coal industry : black gold and blood-stained coal / / Tim Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-62779-0

1-136-62780-4

0-203-80258-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies on the Chinese economy ; ; 45

Disciplina

338.2/7240951

Soggetti

Coal trade - China

Coal mines and mining - China

China Economic policy

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; The Political Economy of the Chinese Coal Industry; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Introduction: China's political economy and the coal industry; Part I: The Chinese coal mining industry; 1. China's coal industry: growth and development over the long term; Part II: Rents, prices and profits in coal mining; 2. Rent seeking and the political economy of coal prices; 3. The financial performance of coal enterprises; Part III: Coal mining in China's rural industrialization

4. The rural coal mines and their owners: social costs and benefits5. The central state and the rural mines; Part IV: The fate of coal miners in China's changing economy; 6. Low wages and poor job security?; 7. Coal mine safety: the record; 8. Coal mine safety: political determinants; Conclusion: the coal mining industry and the Chinese state; Appendix: some notes on the data; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Coal mining is one of China's largest industries, and provides an excellent case study through which to consider the broader issues of China's transition from socialism to capitalism, focussing on the shift to a market economy, the rise of rural industry and the situation of China's working class. Coal was one of the pillars of the planned



economy but, the author argues, its shift to market-based operations has been protracted and difficult, particularly in moving from the artificially low prices of the planned economy to market prescribed prices - a change that had a major impact on