LEADER 03926oam 2200829I 450 001 9910777434603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-75860-3 010 $a0-203-00532-5 010 $a1-135-75861-1 010 $a1-280-17532-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203005323 035 $a(CKB)1000000000448181 035 $a(EBL)201246 035 $a(OCoLC)252700774 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147918 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176959 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147918 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10017162 035 $a(PQKB)10488338 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000359437 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11273517 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359437 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10307249 035 $a(PQKB)11747583 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201246 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10162474 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL17532 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201246 035 $a(PPN)198457723 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000448181 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEnterprise and welfare reform in communist Asia /$feditors, Peter Ferdinand and Martin Gainsborough 210 1$aLondon ;$aPortland, Or. :$cFrank Cass,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (133 p.) 300 $aThis group of studies first appeared in a special issue. of The journal of communist studies and transition politics (ISSN 1352-3279) 19/1 (March 2003) published by Frank Cass--Verso t.p. 311 $a0-7146-8399-X 311 $a0-7146-5499-X 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Fluctuating Institutions of Enterprise Management in North Korea: Prospects for Local Enterprise Reform; Pragmatism in the Face of Adversity: Enterprise Reform in Laos; Slow, Quick, Quick: Assessing Equitization and Enterprise Performance Prospects in Vietnam; Entrepreneurs in China and Vietnam as Strategic Players in Social and Political Change; China's Social Security Reforms and the Comparative Politics of Market Transition; Trade Unionism in China: Sinking or Swimming?; Abstracts; Notes on Contributors; Index 330 $aFeaturing a wide geographical scope, this collection of essays surveys enterprise and welfare reforms in all the remaining four Asian communist states: China, Vietnam, Laos and North Korea. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union they can no longer place major reliance upon assistance from other 'fraternal' states and have to devise their own strategies for survival. All have shown a trend towards greater reliance on market forces, though in different ways and to varying degrees. Enterprise management has to adapt to this. In some of them entrepreneurs have become politically and socially accep 606 $aEconomic assistance$zAsia$vCase studies 606 $aEconomic assistance, Russian$zAsia$vCase studies 606 $aCommunism$zAsia$vCase studies 606 $aCapitalism$zAsia$vCase studies 606 $aMixed economy$zAsia$vCase studies 606 $aIndustrial policy$zAsia$vCase studies 606 $aBusiness enterprises$xGovernment policy$zAsia$vCase studies 606 $aPublic welfare$zAsia$vCase studies 607 $aAsia$xCommercial policy$vCase studies 615 0$aEconomic assistance 615 0$aEconomic assistance, Russian 615 0$aCommunism 615 0$aCapitalism 615 0$aMixed economy 615 0$aIndustrial policy 615 0$aBusiness enterprises$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPublic welfare 676 $a338.095/09171/7 701 $aFerdinand$b Peter$01505779 701 $aGainsborough$b Martin$f1966-$01505780 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777434603321 996 $aEnterprise and welfare reform in communist Asia$93735618 997 $aUNINA