China Against the Tides: Restructuring Through Revolution, Radicalism and Reform, Second EditionA&C Black, 2003 M07 1 - 247 pages This new edition argues that, in both Mao and Deng periods, China has evolved in ways quite different from the Soviet model and from other developing countries. Like its predecessor, the book's approach is interdisciplinary and comparative. Professor Blecher analyzes China by introducing appropriate theories and concepts from historical and political sociology, economic development and political science. He explores China from two comparative perspectives: developing countries (including the newly industrializing countries of East Asia) and historical state socialist regimes. The book's chapters cover: imperial collapse, republican failure and communist triumph; a chronological overview since 1949; the state and politics; socialism and society; rural political economy; urban political economy; China and the Pacific Rim; the crisis of reform; and the future of Chinese economic development and politics. From PETRA: Blecher's new edition will revise and update the first, adding a new section on international economic factors to the political economy chapters - to include the WTO, gloablization, foreign investment etc. It will address new policy problems such as the spread of AIDS in China and will look at Hong Kong and Macau's return, and at the relationship with Taiwan. The Chinese diaspora is also covered. |
Contents
Imperial Legacy Capitalist Failure and Socialist Triumph | 6 |
The Triumph and Crises of Maoist Socialism 194978 | 38 |
The Triumph and Crises of Structural Reform 1979 to the Present | 83 |
The Chinese State | 114 |
1 Chinese State Organization | 118 |
2 State Personnel and Expenditures 19502000 | 128 |
Chinese Society | 137 |
1 Urban and Rural Per Capita Annual Income 19782000 | 158 |
1 Levels and Logics of Economic Planning | 166 |
3 Accumulation Rate 195277 | 172 |
4 Gross Value of Industrial Output 195378 in 1980 yuan | 178 |
5 Retail Price Index 19782000 | 186 |
7 Gross Industrial Output Value by Ownership 197899 | 195 |
Politics | 201 |
Toward the Future | 223 |
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