04222nam 2200745 a 450 991046551770332120200520144314.00-8047-7767-510.1515/9780804777674(CKB)2560000000072796(EBL)686218(OCoLC)721194444(SSID)ssj0000521148(PQKBManifestationID)12205180(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521148(PQKBWorkID)10517748(PQKB)10271820(SSID)ssj0000588971(PQKBManifestationID)12231219(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000588971(PQKBWorkID)10650989(PQKB)22174280(MiAaPQ)EBC686218(DE-B1597)563583(DE-B1597)9780804777674(Au-PeEL)EBL686218(CaPaEBR)ebr10467790(OCoLC)1178770059(EXLCZ)99256000000007279620101129d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond the Middle Kingdom[electronic resource] comparative perspectives on China's capitalist transformation /edited by Scott KennedyStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20111 online resource (277 p.)Contemporary issues in Asia and the PacificDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-6958-3 0-8047-6957-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.CapitalismChinaComparative economicsComparative governmentChinaEconomic policyChinaEconomic conditionsChinaPolitics and governmentElectronic books.CapitalismComparative economics.Comparative government.330.951Kennedy Scott1967-1032829MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465517703321Beyond the Middle Kingdom2460383UNINA