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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966213803321

Autore

Pei Minxin

Titolo

China's trapped transition : the limits of developmental autocracy / / Minxin Pei

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2006

ISBN

9780674266421

0674266420

9780674041981

0674041984

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Classificazione

MH 50086

Disciplina

338.951

Soggetti

Democracy - China

China Politics and government 1976-2002

China Economic policy 1976-2000

China Economic policy 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 (p. 223-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- ONE. Why Transitions Get Trapped: A Theoretical Framework -- TWO. Democratizing China? -- THREE. Rent Protection and Dissipation: The Dark Side of Gradualism -- FOUR. Transforming the State: From Developmental to Predatory -- FIVE. China's Mounting Governance Deficits -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- Appendix: Reported Cases of Local Mafia States -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In a book sure to provoke debate, Minxin Pei examines the sustainability of the Chinese Communist Party's reform strategy--pursuing pro-market economic policies under one-party rule. Combining powerful insights with empirical research, China's Trapped Transitio offers a provocative assessment of China's future as a great power.