Beyond the Middle Kingdom

by Kennedy, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780804769587
• ISBN10: 0804769583
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-15
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

Summary

This book breaks new ground by systematically examining China's capitalist transformation through several comparative lenses. The great majority of research on China to date has consisted of single-country studies. This is the result of the methodological demands of studying China and a sense of the country's distinctiveness due to its grand size and long history. The moniker Middle Kingdom, a direct translation of the Chinese-language word for China, is one of the most prominent symbols of the country's supposed uniqueness. Composed of contributions from leading specialists on China's political economy, this volume demonstrates the benefits of systematically comparing China with other countries, including France, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, India, Brazil, and South Africa. Doing so puts the People's Republic in a light not available through other approaches, and it provides a chance to consider political theories by including an important case too often left out of studies.

Author Biography

Scott Kennedy is Associate Professor, Departments of East Asian Languages Cultures and Political Science, and Director, Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business, Indiana University. He is author of The Business of Lobbying in China (2005) and editor of China Cross Talk: The American Debate over China Policy Since Normalization, A Reader (2003).

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Overcoming Our Middle Kingdom Complex: Finding China's Place in Comparative Politics	p. 3
Chinese Economic Reform and the Varieties of Capitalism	p. 23
Variety Within and Without: The Political Economy of Chinese Regulation	p. 25
Developmental Dreams: Policy and Reality in China's Economic Reforms	p. 44
Crossing the River by Feeling for Stones or Carried Across by the Current? The Transformation of the Chinese Automotive Sector	p. 66
Welfare Policy Pathways Among Large Uneven Developers	p. 89
Interest Groups in an Authoritarian Context	p. 111
Fragmented Influence: Business Lobbying in China in Comparative Perspective	p. 113
Comparing China's Capitalists: Neither Democratic Nor Exceptional	p. 136
When Are Banks Sold to Foreigners? An Examination of the Politics of Selling Banks in Mexico, Korea, and China	p. 159
Conclusion	p. 179
Placing China in Comparison: An Outsider's Perspective	p. 181
Notes	p. 191
List of Contributors	p. 233
Index	p. 237
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