Chinese Capitalisms Historical Emergence and Political Implications

by Chu, Yin-wah

• ISBN13: 9780230576490
• ISBN10: 0230576494
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

InChinese Capitalisms, experts examine the rise of capitalism on China and Taiwan, analyzing impacts exerted by global capitalism, Chinese civilization, and remnants of socialist practice. In focusing on these, they also address longstanding issues such as Webers China Thesis, state-business relationships, and Chinas civil society, among others.

Author Biography

YIN-WAH CHU is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Hong Kong Baptist University. She specializes in East Asian development, paying particular attention to social and political movements as well as changes in state-business relationships.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. x
Chinese Capitalisms: An Introduction	p. 1
Capitalist China
The "Spirit" of Capitalism in China: Contemporary Meanings of Weber's Thought	p. 19
State Neoliberalism: The Chinese Road to Capitalism	p. 46
Postrevolution Transformations and the Reemergence of Capitalism in China: Implications for the Internal Organization of Economic Activities	p. 73
Workers in Post-Socialist China: Shattered Rice Bowls, Fragmented Subjectivities	p. 100
China's Capitalism in Comparative Perspective
Taiwan's Industrialization: The Rise of a Demand-Responsive Economy	p. 125
Taishang: A Different Kind of Ethnic Chinese Business in Southeast Asia	p. 156
A Spell Breaker: The Dynamism of the Koo Family	p. 176
Capitalism in China? Comparative Perspectives	p. 199
Conclusion
Chinese Capitalisms: Concluding Thoughts on their Historical Emergence, Political Implications, and Unique Characteristics	p. 227
Index	p. 245
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