05156nam 2200853 a 450 991046114200332120200520144314.01-283-13336-997866131333661-4008-3729-410.1515/9781400837298(CKB)2670000000095257(EBL)713601(OCoLC)730151761(SSID)ssj0000521684(PQKBManifestationID)11317867(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521684(PQKBWorkID)10527218(PQKB)10169345(SSID)ssj0001481618(PQKBManifestationID)12562548(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001481618(PQKBWorkID)11507827(PQKB)11343408(MiAaPQ)EBC713601(OCoLC)773584588(MdBmJHUP)muse36731(DE-B1597)447257(OCoLC)979577539(DE-B1597)9781400837298(Au-PeEL)EBL713601(CaPaEBR)ebr10477105(CaONFJC)MIL313336(OCoLC)733557175(EXLCZ)99267000000009525720040805d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrContagious capitalism[electronic resource] globalization and the politics of labor in China /Mary Elizabeth GallagherCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc20051 online resource (257 p.)Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 2001."Third printing, and first paperback printing, 2007."0-691-11761-6 0-691-13036-1 Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Contagious Capitalism -- Chapter 3. Blurring Boundaries: Foreign Direct Investment and the Evolution of Enterprise Ownership in China -- Chapter 4. The Unmitigated Market -- Chapter 5. "Use the Law as Your Weapon!" -- Chapter 6. From State-owned to National Industry -- Conclusion. The Contradiction of "Reform and Openness" -- Appendix: Firms and Interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexOne of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "reform and openness" will lead to political liberalization. This book challenges that assumption and the general relationship between economic liberalization and democratization. Moreover, it analyzes the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization on Chinese labor politics. Market reforms and increased integration with the global economy have brought about unprecedented economic growth and social change in China during the last quarter of a century. Contagious Capitalism contends that FDI liberalization played several roles in the process of China's reforms. First, it placed competitive pressure on the state sector to produce more efficiently, thus necessitating new labor practices. Second, it allowed difficult and politically sensitive labor reforms to be extended to other parts of the economy. Third, it caused a reformulation of one of the key ideological debates of reforming socialism: the relative importance of public industry. China's growing integration with the global economy through FDI led to a new focus of debate--away from the public vs. private industry dichotomy and toward a nationalist concern for the fate of Chinese industry. In comparing China with other Eastern European and Asian economies, two important considerations come into play, the book argues: China's pattern of ownership diversification and China's mode of integration into the global economy. This book relates these two factors to the success of economic change without political liberalization and addresses the way FDI liberalization has affected relations between workers and the ruling Communist Party. Its conclusion: reform and openness in this context resulted in a strengthened Chinese state, a weakened civil society (especially labor), and a delay in political liberalization.Investments, ForeignGovernment policyChinaInvestments, ForeignPolitical aspectsChinaLaborChinaCapitalismChinaGlobalizationEconomic aspectsChinaChinaCommercial policyChinaPolitics and government1976-2002Electronic books.Investments, ForeignGovernment policyInvestments, ForeignPolitical aspectsLaborCapitalismGlobalizationEconomic aspects330.951Gallagher Mary Elizabeth1969-499316MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461142003321Contagious capitalism737067UNINA