the social, economic and political transformation of Chinese society /
First Statement of Responsibility
Doug Guthrie.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xi, 398 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations.
SERIES
Series Title
Globalizing regions ;
Volume Designation
v. 5
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-387) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Front cover; Table of Contents; Prologue; Chapter One. Globalization and the Economics of Radical Change in China; Chapter Two. Setting the Stage: A Primer to the Study of China's Economic Reforms; Chapter Three. Changing Social Institutions1; Chapter Four. China in the Global Economy; Chapter Five. Changing Life Changes1; Chapter Six. Economic Reform and the Rule of Law; Chapter Seven. Prospects for Democracy; Chapter Eight. China's Integration into the Global Economy; Notes; References; Index; Back cover.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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China and Globalization is a compact, highly readable introductory text on contemporary China and the massive changes it is presently undergoing. It focuses primarily on how economic structural change is driving the processes, but discusses many other issues as well--politics, social change, reform, international economics, and cultural change. In its quarter-century long shift from communism to capitalism, China has transformed from a desperately poor nation into a country possessing one of the fastest-growing and largest economies in the world. Doug Guthrie covers the social, economic, and p.