The political economy of the Chinese coal industry : black gold and blood-stained coal / / Tim Wright

• Autore: Wright Tim <1948-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.2/7240951
• Soggetto topico: Coal trade - China; Coal mines and mining - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Economic policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front 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 ; 4. 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Coal 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The political economy of the Chinese coal industry
• ISBN: 1-136-62779-0; 1-136-62780-4; 0-203-80258-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779035803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies on the Chinese economy ; ; 45.