Asia's Giants Comparing China and India

by Friedman, Edward; Gilley, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9781403971104
• ISBN10: 1403971102
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This edited volume reconsiders the conventional wisdom that argues that the comparative performance of China has been superior to that of India, bringing together new paradigms for evaluating two countries in terms of economics, social policy, politics, and diplomacy. Essays show that if not outright wrong, conventional wisdom has proven to be overly simplified. The book brings out the complexity and richness of the India-China comparison.

Author Biography

Edward Friedman is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Bruce Gilley is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Princeton University.

Table of Contents

List of Charts and Tables	v
List of Contributors	vii
I. Overviews
Preface	3	(6)
Edward Friedman
Introduction	9	(10)
Roderick MacFarquhar
Two Passages to Modernity	19	(36)
Bruce Gilley
II. Economic Reforms
The Causes of Differential Development: Beyond Regime Dichotomies	55	(22)
Joydeep Mukherji
Chasing China: Can India Bridge the Gap?	77	(20)
Subramanian Swamy
India's Reform Strengths	97	(26)
James Manor
III. Subnational Factors
The Persistence of Informal Finance	123	(18)
Kellee S. Tsai
The Political Basis of Decentralization	141	(20)
Aseema Sinha
Indigenous versus Foreign Business Models	161	(22)
Yasheng Huang
Tarun Khanna
IV. New Perspectives
Why Democracy Matters	183	(28)
Edward Friedman
China Rethinks India	211	(16)
Huang Jinxin
Development and Choice	227	(16)
Tony Saich
Conclusion	243	(8)
Bruce Gilley
Index	251