China's Economic Development and Democratization

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ISBN: 9780754636205 | 0754636208
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Copyright: 12/28/2003

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'China's Economic Development and Democratization' examines China's transformation from an institutional perspective. It focuses on whether there is any evidence to suggest that China's economic transformation may lead to political change. Students and scholars who are studying or conducting researches on the Chinese economy, society, or politics will find this book of particular interest.

List of Figures

vii

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgements

xii

List of Abbreviations

xiii

PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE CHINESE TRANSITION

1 Introduction

(16)

China's Economic Reforms and Opening Up

(6)

Scholarship on China's Transformation

(5)

Areas of Analysis, Assumptions and Hypotheses

(1)

Research Methodology and Structure of the Book

(4)

2 Towards an Institutional Analytic Framework

(36)

Theories of Democratic Transition

(11)

Towards a Framework for the Chinese Transition

(6)

Institutions, Actors, and Institutionalization Processes

(7)

China's Political Institutions and Actors at the Central Level

(5)

Conclusion

(7)

PART II: TRANSITION FROM MAO ZEDONG TO DENG XIAOPING

3 Legacies of Mao Zedong: Constraints and Opportunities

(40)

Types of Institutionalization Processes

(3)

Coalition Parliamentary Policy Institutionalization

(4)

From a Type B Process to a Type D Process: CPC-dominated Institutionalization

(4)

From a Type D Process to a Type E Process: Autocratic Institutionalization

(9)

Consequences of the Cultural Revolution

(11)

Conclusion

(9)

4 Transformation of the Ideological Environment and Deng Xiaoping's Rise

(16)

Ups and Downs of Deng Xiaoping

(1)

Arrest of the Gang of Four

(1)

Theoretical Discussion on the 'Criteria of Truth'

(3)

Significant Changes in the Ideological Environment

100

(4)

Purge Elements of the Gang of Four from the Party and State Apparatus

104

(1)

Deng's Contingent of Cadres

104

(1)

Conclusion

105

(6)

PART III: POLICY INSTITUTIONALIZATION IN THE POST-MAO ERA

5 Institutionalization of Agricultural Reform and Open-door Policy

111

(35)

Early Consensus on the Economic Reform: a Planned Economy with Supplementary Market

111

(2)

The Agricultural Reform - Restoring Peasants' Independent Producers

113

(9)

The Open-door Policy

122

(5)

Deng's Second Southern Tour - Calling for the Market

127

(5)

Increasing Integration with the World Community

132

(2)

From Economic Reform to Legal Reform

134

(4)

Conclusion

138

(8)

6 Restoration of Private Enterprises and Property Rights

146

(37)

A Tale of Socialism: Eliminating Exploiting Classes and Private Ownership

146

(2)

The Origins of the Rebirth of Private Ownership: Rural and Urban Self-employed Producers and Traders

148

(6)

The Private Sector as a Complement to the Socialist Economy

154

(2)

The Non-state Sector as an Important Component of the Socialist Market Economy

156

(10)

Economic and Political Implications

166

(8)

Conclusion

174

(9)

PART IV: CHANGES IN THE MASS PUBLIC ORIENTATIONS

7 Mass Public Orientations and Implications for Policy

Institutionalization

183

(1)

Theories and Practices

183

(3)

The 1990 and 2000 Surveys

186

(2)

Findings of the 2000 Survey

188

(26)

Conclusion: Implications for Policy Institutionalization

214

(7)

PART V: PROSPECTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION

8 Conclusion

221

(12)

Patterns of Change in the Institutional Environments

222

(2)

Patterns of Institutionalization Behavior of the Ruling Elite

224

(1)

Prospects for a Democratic Transition

225

(5)

Cautions

230

(1)

Concluding Remarks

230

(3)

Bibliography

233

(11)

Documents and Reports

244

(3)

Index

247

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