Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
About the Book Series
The primary aim of this series is to publish original, high quality, research-level work, by both new and established scholars in the West and East, on all aspects of the Chinese economy, including studies of business and economic history. Works of synthesis, reference books and edited collections will also be considered. Submissions from prospective authors are welcomed.
China as the Workshop of the World: An Analysis at the National and Industrial Level of China in the International Division of Labor
1st Edition
By Yuning Gao
August 12, 2014
Is China becoming the "workshop of the world" in the same way as Britain and the United States once were; or is China – as some multinational companies believe – simply a processing segment in global production networks? This book examines China’s role in the international division of labor: it ...
China's Role in Global Economic Recovery
1st Edition
Edited
By Xiaolan Fu
August 12, 2014
This book presents a wide-ranging assessment of the current state of China’s economy in relation to the global international economy. It discusses the role China has played in responding to the economic crisis; assesses the continuing strong prospects for further economic growth in China; and ...
Rising China in the Changing World Economy
1st Edition
Edited
By Liming Wang
August 12, 2014
China's rapid and sustained growth over last thirty years has propelled it to become the world's second largest economy today and potentially the largest in the foreseeable future. As one of the first major economies pulling out of recession and the last remaining major socialist country in the ...
Sustainable Reform and Development in Post-Olympic China
1st Edition
Edited
By Shujie Yao, Bin Wu, Stephen Morgan, Dylan Sutherland
August 12, 2014
After thirty years of economic reform, China has reached a crossroads in its development process, and faces many challenges in the use of natural resources, the living environment, and the economic, social and political systems. The sustainability of China’s reform and development is even more ...
The Theory of the Firm and Chinese Enterprise Reform: The Case of China International Trust and Investment Corporation
1st Edition
By Xiao Qin
August 12, 2014
Changes to corporate structure, including the role of the corporate headquarters, have been key factors in bringing about economic reform in China. In this penetrating and insightful book, Xiao questions the conventional theory of the firm, arguing that the ultimate goal of the headquarters of ...
China and the Global Financial Crisis: A Comparison with Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Jean-François Di Meglio, Xavier Richet
June 19, 2014
This book examines China’s response to the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, and the resulting new status acquired by China within the international economy. It considers the things China did to weather the crisis, discussing the stimulus package put in place by China and how China’s banks coped, ...
Chinese Firms, Global Firms: Industrial Policy in the Age of Globalization
1st Edition
By Peter Nolan
November 19, 2013
China has achieved remarkable, sustained economic growth under the policies of ‘reform and opening up’ put into place since the late 1970s. China’s industrial policies have nurtured a large group of firms with high profits and a high market capitalisation. However, few people in the West can name a...
The Political Economy of the Chinese Coal Industry: Black Gold and Blood-Stained Coal
1st Edition
By Tim Wright
September 20, 2013
Coal mining is one of China’s largest industries, and provides an excellent case study through which to consider the broader issues of China’s transition from socialism to capitalism, focussing on the shift to a market economy, the rise of rural industry and the situation of China’s working class....
China's Development Challenges: Economic Vulnerability and Public Sector Reform
1st Edition
By Richard Schiere
July 26, 2013
This book argues that a major potential source of social tension in transition and developing countries is not poverty as such, but vulnerability: that is, the risk of becoming poor. It demonstrates how in China many of the recent reforms to the public sector, such as decentralisation from central ...
Informal Institutions and Rural Development in China
1st Edition
By Biliang Hu
March 21, 2013
Providing an account of the role of informal institutions in Chinese rural development, this book, based on a decade of fieldwork of village life in the Chinese countryside, puts forth a distinctive argument on a very important topic in Chinese economic and social affairs. Focusing in particular on...
Globalization, Competition and Growth in China
1st Edition
Edited
By Jian Chen, Shujie Yao
March 05, 2013
Presenting original work and new thinking on a wide range of important issues, the book explores the current state of globalization, competition and growth in China. China has produced an economic miracle since the late 1970s in its transition from a planned to a market economy. This...
Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty in Urban China
1st Edition
Edited
By Hiroshi Sato, Shi Li
November 28, 2012
Although the Chinese economy is growing at a very high rate, there are massive social dislocations arising as a result of economic restructuring. Though the scale of the problem is huge, very few studies have examined the changes in income inequality in the late 1990s due to a lack of data on ...