Narratives of the Chinese Economic Reforms : Individual Pathways from Plan to Market

by Solinger, Dorothy J.

• ISBN13: 9780773459298
• ISBN10: 0773459294
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-16
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr

Summary

This book is a collection of stories telling how seven Chinese individuals navigated their personal transitions during the Chinese state's shift from a state-managed and state-owned, planned socialist economy to one primarily driven by market forces. No other book available illustrates China's market transition through a focus on specific, real individuals as this one does.

Table of Contents

Preface	i
Ann Anagnost
Acknowledgments	v
Introduction	1	(4)
Refusing Success, Refusing ``Voice'': the Other Story of Accumulation	5	(18)
Hairong Yan
Tales of a Migrant Renovator in Beijing	23	(26)
Lei Guang
The Story of Secretary Wang -- Hero, Savior, Liar, Scoundrel	49	(20)
Tim Oakes
The True Story of Akheu	69	(18)
Janet C. Sturgeon
Through The Social Jungle: Mrs Zhang And Work	87	(10)
Jean-Louis Rocca
The Life of a former State worker	97	(16)
Antoine Kernen
The Sad Story of Zheng Erji Who Landed in the City Through the Favors Reform-Era Policies Bestowed But Rewrote the Rules While Suffering Wrongs, Once There	113
Dorothy J. Solinger