China's Crony Capitalism

Chinäs efforts to modernize yielded a kleptocracy characterized by corruption, wealth inequality, and social tensions. Rejecting conventional platitudes about the resilience of Party rule, Minxin Pei gathers unambiguous evidence that beneath Chinäs facade of ever-expanding prosperity and power lies a Leninist state in an advanced stage of decay.

About the author

Minxin Pei is the author of several books on Chinese domestic politics, including China’s Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay and China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy. He is the Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College.

Summary

China’s efforts to modernize yielded a kleptocracy characterized by corruption, wealth inequality, and social tensions. Rejecting conventional platitudes about the resilience of Party rule, Minxin Pei gathers unambiguous evidence that beneath China’s facade of ever-expanding prosperity and power lies a Leninist state in an advanced stage of decay.

Product details

• Authors: Minxin Pei, Pei Minxin
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780674737297
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73729-7
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 220 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Corruption, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, HISTORY / Asia / China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Political corruption, Political science & theory, Asian History, Political science and theory, Corruption in politics, government and society