| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) |
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International political economy series |
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International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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| Contents |
Chinese Capitalisms: An Introduction / Yin-wah Chu -- The Spirit of Capitalism in China: Contemporary Meanings of Webers Thought / Chung-hwa Ku -- State Neo-Liberalism: The Chinese Road to Capitalism / Yin-way Chu / Alvin Y. So -- Post-revolution Transformations and the Re-emergence of Capitalism in China: Implications for the Internal Organization of Economic Activities / Yi-min Lin -- Workers in Post-Socialist China: Shattered Rice Bowls, Fragmented Subjectivities / James Hudson / William Hurst / Christian Sorace -- Taiwans Industrialisation: The Rise of a Demand-Responsive Economy / Gary G. Hamilton / Cheng-shu Kao -- Taishang: A Different Kind of Ethnic Chinese Business in Southeast Asia / Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao / I-Chun Kung / Hong-zen Wang -- A Spell Breaker: The Dynamism of the Koo Family / Tsai-Man C. Ho / Wenbin Sun -- Capitalism in China? Comparative Perspectives / Ivan Szelenyi -- Chinese Capitalisms: Concluding Thoughts on their Historical Emergence, Poilitical Implications, and Unique Characteristics / Yin-wah Chu |
| Summary |
China has undergone dramatic social and economic change since it initiated reform and instigated its opening up policy thirty years ago. As well as great wealth, mass inequalities have also surfaced in China, along with considerable public unease. Such a remarkable transition has occurred within a political system defined by a one-party state that continues to call itself 'communist'. Drawing on case studies from China, Taiwan and post-communist societies in Eastern and Central Europe, Yin-wah Chu explores why socialist China embarks on the capitalist path. She analyzes whether the changes have proved the strength of the entrepreneurial spirit in Chinese society or if they hinged on the success of the global capitalist systems of Hong Kong and Taiwan? Chu also considers whether mainland China and Taiwan have trodden the same path to capitalism or whether their differences in landmass and historical experiences will ultimately lead to the rise of divergent albeit 'Chinese' capitalisms? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Capitalism -- China
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Capitalism -- Taiwan
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Capitalism -- Political aspects -- China
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Capitalism -- Political aspects -- Taiwan
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Economic systems & structures -- China.
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Political economy -- China.
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Central government -- China.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Free Enterprise.
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Economics.
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Capitalism
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Capitalism -- Political aspects
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Kapitalismus
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Capitalisme -- Chine.
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Capitalisme -- Taiwan.
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China
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Taiwan
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Taiwan
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China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chu, Yin-wah.
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| ISBN |
9780230251359 |
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0230251358 |
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9780230576490 |
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0230576494 |
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9781349366378 |
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1349366374 |
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