China's Trapped Transition : : The Limits of Developmental Autocracy / / Minxin Pei.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Pei, Minxin,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; ONE. Why Transitions Get Trapped: A Theoretical Framework --; TWO. Democratizing China? --; THREE. Rent Protection and Dissipation: The Dark Side of Gradualism --; FOUR. Transforming the State: From Developmental to Predatory --; FIVE. China's Mounting Governance Deficits --; Conclusion --; Appendix. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index --; Appendix: Reported Cases of Local Mafia States --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674041981; 9783110649772; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674041981
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Minxin Pei.

In a book sure to provoke debate, Minxin Pei examines the sustainability of the Chinese Communist Party's reform strategy--pursuing pro-market economic policies under one-party rule. Combining powerful insights with empirical research, China's Trapped Transitio offers a provocative assessment of China's future as a great power.