LEADER 03573oam 2200685I 450 001 9910809887603321 005 20240516202527.0 010 $a1-136-62779-0 010 $a1-136-62780-4 010 $a0-203-80258-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203802588 035 $a(CKB)2550000000098077 035 $a(EBL)958802 035 $a(OCoLC)798530479 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000678725 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11387205 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000678725 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10728910 035 $a(PQKB)11343024 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC958802 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL958802 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10542428 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL760896 035 $a(OCoLC)785927943 035 $a(OCoLC)642845857 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB138868 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000098077 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe political economy of the Chinese coal industry $eblack gold and blood-stained coal /$fTim Wright 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies on the Chinese economy ;$v45 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-72828-2 311 $a0-415-49328-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; The Political Economy of the Chinese Coal Industry; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Introduction: China's political economy and the coal industry; Part I: The Chinese coal mining industry; 1. China's coal industry: growth and development over the long term; Part II: Rents, prices and profits in coal mining; 2. Rent seeking and the political economy of coal prices; 3. The financial performance of coal enterprises; Part III: Coal mining in China's rural industrialization 327 $a4. The rural coal mines and their owners: social costs and benefits5. The central state and the rural mines; Part IV: The fate of coal miners in China's changing economy; 6. Low wages and poor job security?; 7. Coal mine safety: the record; 8. Coal mine safety: political determinants; Conclusion: the coal mining industry and the Chinese state; Appendix: some notes on the data; References; Index 330 $aCoal mining is one of China's largest industries, and provides an excellent case study through which to consider the broader issues of China's transition from socialism to capitalism, focussing on the shift to a market economy, the rise of rural industry and the situation of China's working class. Coal was one of the pillars of the planned economy but, the author argues, its shift to market-based operations has been protracted and difficult, particularly in moving from the artificially low prices of the planned economy to market prescribed prices - a change that had a major impact on 410 0$aRoutledge studies on the Chinese economy ;$v45. 606 $aCoal trade$zChina 606 $aCoal mines and mining$zChina 607 $aChina$xEconomic policy 615 0$aCoal trade 615 0$aCoal mines and mining 676 $a338.2/7240951 700 $aWright$b Tim$f1948-,$01656055 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809887603321 996 $aThe political economy of the Chinese coal industry$94008701 997 $aUNINA