Beyond the Middle Kingdom : comparative perspectives on China's capitalist transformation / / edited by Scott Kennedy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826898503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 0-8047-7767-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific
• Altri autori (Persone): KennedyScott <1967->
• Disciplina: 330.951
• Soggetti: Capitalism - China; Comparative economics; Comparative government; China Economic policy; China Economic conditions; China Politics and government
• 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: Overcoming our Middle Kingdom complex : finding China's place in comparative political economy / Scott Kennedy -- Variety within and without : the political economy of Chinese regulation / Margaret M. Pearson -- Developmental dreams : policy and reality in China's economic reforms / Arthur R. Kroeber -- Crossing the river by feeling for stones or carried across by the current? : the transformation of the Chinese automotive sector / Andrew Wedeman -- Welfare policy pathways among uneven developers / Mark W. Frazier -- Fragmented influence : business lobbying in China in comparative perspective / Scott Kennedy -- Comparing China's capitalists : neither democratic nor exceptional / Kellee S. Tsai -- When are banks sold to foreigners? : an examination of the politics of selling banks in Mexico, Korea, and China / Victor Shih -- Placing China in comparison : an outsider's perspective / Gregory J. Kasza.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book breaks new ground by systematically examining China's capitalist transformation through several comparative lenses. The great majority of research on China to date has consisted of single-country studies. This is the result of the methodological demands of studying ; China and a sense of the country's distinctiveness due to its grand size and long history. The moniker Middle Kingdom, a direct translation of the Chinese-language word for China, is one of the most prominent symbols of the country's supposed uniqueness. Composed of contributions from leading specialists on China's political economy, this volume demonstrates the benefits of systematically comparing China with other countries, including France, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, India, Brazil, and South Africa. Doing so puts the People's Republic in a light not available through other approaches, and it provides a chance to consider political theories by including an important case too often left out of studies.