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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Minxin Pei, Pei Minxin
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780674737297
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73729-7
• Pagine: 316
• Dimensioni: 146 mm x 220 mm x 30 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; 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