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.
Corporate Governance in China
1st Edition
By Jian Chen
August 14, 2009
Based on extensive original economic analysis, Chen examines key questions relating to corporate governance in China, including the relationship between ownership structure and corporate performance, the determinants of capital structure, and the nature of contemporary governance structures. ...
Economic and Social Transformation in China: Challenges and Opportunities
1st Edition
By Angang Hu
June 02, 2009
The Center for China Studies is among China’s most influential think-tanks, and its China Studies Reports are read at the highest levels of government. Now for the first time, the most important of these reports is collected in book form in English, providing a fascinating insight into the ...
Poverty and Inequality among Chinese Minorities
1st Edition
By Ajit S. Bhalla, Shufang Qiu
June 02, 2009
The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic advances. The minorities in China constitute less than ten per cent of the entire population, yet they represent forty to fifty per cent of the absolute poor. This compelling book investigates the problem of poverty and inequality ...
Eliminating Poverty Through Development in China
1st Edition
By China Development Research Foundation
May 15, 2009
In recent years China has achieved impressive economic growth, and also made remarkable progress in human development. However, contemporary China is still faced with the great challenge of widespread poverty. This not only constitutes a barrier against China’s pursuit of sustainable economic ...
Chinese Citizenship: Views from the Margins
1st Edition
Edited
By Vanessa L. Fong, Rachel Murphy
May 14, 2009
Bringing a new dimension to the study of citizenship, Chinese Citizenship examines how individuals at the margins of Chinese society deal with state efforts to transform them into model citizens in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Based on extensive original research, the authors...
The Chinese Communist Party in Reform
1st Edition
Edited
By Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Yongnian Zheng
May 14, 2009
Contrary to the expectations of many people, China's recent economic growth has not led to the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, the Party has recently carried out a peaceful and orderly transition to the so-called fourth generation of leadership, has revitalised itself, and created...
The Chinese Model of Modern Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Tian Yu Cao
May 14, 2009
This study examines the Chinese model of modern development, reflecting on the historical experience of China's reform and highlighting theoretical issues that are crucial for understanding the reform in its historical and global contexts. Bringing together articles from scholars, including ...
China's Large Enterprises and the Challenge of Late Industrialisation
1st Edition
By Dylan Sutherland
April 29, 2009
Considers the 'late industrialisation' of China, showing how government policies have encouraged the development of 120 'national champions' (akin to Japanese keiretsu and South Korean chaebol ), how these 'national champions' compete with multinational enterprises, and how China's rapid and ...
Peasants and Revolution in Rural China: Rural Political Change in the North China Plain and the Yangzi Delta, 1850-1949
1st Edition
By Chang Liu
April 02, 2009
This book explores rural political change in China from 1850 to 1949 to help us understand China’s transformation from a weak, decaying agrarian empire to a unified, strong nation-state during this period. Based on local gazetteers, contemporary field studies, government archives, personal memoirs...
China Along the Yellow River: Reflections on Rural Society
1st Edition
By Cao Jinqing
February 08, 2005
This text had a major impact in its original Chinese version. Reviewed in the Far East Economic Review as 'one of the richest portraits of the Chinese countryside published in the reform era', it charts a long journey through the hinterland region of the Yellow River undertaken by the author ...