Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Contagious Capitalism; Chapter Three: Blurring Boundaries: Foreign Direct Investment and the Evolution of Enterprise Ownership in China; Chapter Four: The Unmitigated Market: Contract Labor and the Problem of Representation in Chinese Firms; Chapter Five: "Use the Law as Your Weapon!"; Chapter Six: From State-owned to National Industry; Conclusion: The Contradiction of "Reform and Openness"; Appendix: Firms and Interviews; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "reform and openness" will lead to political liberalization. This book challenges that assumption and the general relationship between economic liberalization and democratization. Moreover, it analyzes the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization on Chinese labor politics. Market reforms and increased integration with the global economy have brought about unprecedented economic growth and social change in China during the last quarter of a century. Contagious Capitalism contends th
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index