China Constructing Capitalism - Economic Life and Urban Change

In China Constructing Capitalism, the authors argue that it is not Western neo-liberalism that is constructing the Chinese economy, but instead that China is constructing its own version of capitalism. This book analyses China as a 'risk culture', examining among others Chinese firms and political ties, property development, migrant urbanisms and share trading rooms. It scrutinises the ever-present shadow of the risk-averse (yet uncertainty-creating) state. It is a must-read for social scientists, policy makers and investors.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Chinese Thought, Cultural Theory 2. Connections, Networks, Culture: The Institutions of Chinese Capitalism 3. Relational Property and Urban Temporality: China’s Urbanisms in the City of Experts 4. Local State Capitalism? From Urban Hierarchy to City Markets 5. Chinese Firms and Political Ties 6. Property Development: Markets and Districts 7. Trading Room Ethnography: Stuck in China 8. Knowing but Not Doing: The Financial Sector in China and Institutional Reform 9. Risk Cultures: Urban Biographies 10. Shenzhen Dwelling: Arrival and Migrant Urbanisms. Bibliography

About the author

Michael Keith is Director of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society and holds a personal chair in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oxford.
Scott Lash is Director of the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Jakob Arnoldi is Professor in the Department of Business Administration at Aarhus University.
Tyler Rooker is Lecturer in Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham.

Summary

Dominant theorists of globalization take on the assumptions of a 'Washington Consensus' which presumes the centrality of neo-liberal American individualism. This book analyzes China as a 'risk culture', embracing the boundless opportunity and adventure of Beijing's Olympic architecture.

Product details

• Authors: Jakob Arnoldi, Arnoldi Jakob, Michael Keith, Michael Lash Keith, Scott Lash, Scott Keith Lash, Scott/ Keith Lash, Lash Scott, Tyler Rooker, Rooker Tyler, Scott Lash
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2013
• EAN: 9780415497053
• ISBN: 978-0-415-49705-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: International Library of Sociology; International Library of Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; China, Social Theory, Economics, Business and Management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Anthropology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Business & management, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Human Geography