LEADER 03160nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910462388803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-77654-4 010 $a9786613686930 010 $a0-203-12145-7 010 $a1-136-32745-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000205694 035 $a(EBL)981698 035 $a(OCoLC)804665773 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000740667 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11434437 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000740667 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10701108 035 $a(PQKB)11514338 035 $a(OCoLC)796803963 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC981698 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL981698 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10572212 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL368693 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000205694 100 $a20111013d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChina and globalization$b[electronic resource] $ethe social, economic, and political transformation of Chinese society /$fDoug Guthrie 205 $a3rd ed. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-50400-7 311 $a0-415-50401-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; China and Globalization; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1. GLOBALIZATION AND THE ECONOMICS OF RADICAL CHANGE IN CHINA; Chapter 2. SETTING THE STAGE : A PRIMER TO THE STUDY OF CHINA'S ECONOMIC REFORMS; Chapter 3. CHANGING SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS; Chapter 4. CHINA IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY; Chapter 5. POLLUTION, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, AND RENEWABLE ENERGY; Chapter 6. CHANGING LIFE CHANCES; Chapter 7. ECONOMIC REFORM, RULE OF LAW, AND THE PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY; Chapter 8. CHINA'S INTEGRATION INTO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX 330 $aChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2009! In its quarter-century-long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed itself from a desperately poor nation into a country with one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie examines the reforms driving the economic genesis in this compact and highly readable introduction to contemporary China. He highlights the social, cultural and political factors fostering this revolutionary change and interweaves a broad structural analysis with a consideration of social changes at the micro and macro levels.