The Political Economy of Chinese Development

An assessment of the economic performance and social consequences of China's political economy over four decades, with a focus on China's countryside and city-countryside relations. This second edition includes a new chapter, "The Social Origins and Limits of the Chinese Democratic Movement".

List of contents

List of Tables, Acknowledgments and Reflections, 1. Rethinking China’s Socialist Economic Development, 2. Marxism and the Peasantry: Collectivization and Strategies of Socialist Agrarian Development, 3. Cooperation and Conflict: Cooperative and Collective Formation in China’s Countryside, 4. Original Accumulation, Equality, and Late Industrialization: The Cases of Socialist China and Capitalist Taiwan With Chih-ming Ka, 5. Income Inequality and the State in Rural China, 6. City versus Countryside? The Social Consequences of Development Choices in China, 7. The Reform of Landownership and the Political Economy of Contemporary China, 8. The Social Origins and Limits of the Chinese Democratic Movement, Notes, References, Index

About the author

Selden, Mark

Summary

An assessment of the economic performance and social consequences of China's political economy over four decades, with a focus on China's countryside and city-countryside relations. This second edition includes a new chapter, "The Social Origins and Limits of the Chinese Democratic Movement".

Product details

• Authors: Mark Selden, Selden Mark
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781563240928
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-092-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 430 g
• Series: Socialism & Social Movements
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, macroeconomics, Political Economy, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Central / national / federal government, Marxism & Communism, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Central government