China''s Age of Abundance - Origins, Ascendance, and Aftermath

"In the last four decades, China's economy and living standards have completely transformed. Wang Feng charts the origins, forces, and consequences of this meteoric rise in prosperity, shifting our perspective toward rural populations as drivers of global change, and anticipating possible headwinds for future growth"--

List of contents

Preface; 1. Surprise; 2. Origins; 3. Abundance; 4. Ascendance; 5. Two paths; 6. Surplus; 7. Aftermath.

About the author

Wang Feng is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.

Summary

In the last four decades, China's economy and living standards have completely transformed. Wang Feng charts the origins, forces, and consequences of this meteoric rise in prosperity, shifting our perspective toward rural populations as drivers of global change, and anticipating possible headwinds for future growth.

Foreword

Shifting the perspective to rural populations as drivers of global change, Wang Feng reconsiders China's meteoric rise in prosperity.

Product details

• Authors: Feng Wang, Feng (University of California Wang, Wang Feng
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009444897
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0944489-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, Economic history, Political science & theory, Political Economy, Asian History, Political science and theory