UID:
almafu_9961152603402883
Format:
1 online resource (177 p.)
ISBN:
0-203-10220-7
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1-136-23896-4
Series Statement:
Routledge Contemporary China Series ; 88
Content:
China today has the largest communist political regime and one of the most dynamic, fastest-growing, and largest economies in the world. Using a case study of China's tobacco industry, this book analyses how the Chinese government was able to cultivate big state-owned firms that have successfully embraced the global market. The success of the Chinese economy and the many state-owned firms within it have given rise to a ""Beijing Consensus,"" challenging almost every principle enshrined in the so-called ""Washington Consensus"" that espouses private ownership, free markets, and democracy. By ex
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Dedication; 1 What is unknown in the "Beijing Consensus": decentralized and dispersed state ownership; 2 Toward a new framework: market-building as state-building; 3 From central state monopoly to local state competition; 4 The rise of China's "tobacco empire"; 5 "Recentralization" and global market-building; 6 More global, deeper local; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-89410-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-50694-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9780203102206
