Wealth and power in contemporary China
Subtitle: the Communist Party's embrace of the private sector
By: Bruce J. Dickson.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780521878456; 9780521702706
Subjects: Zhongguo gong chan dang; Entrepreneurship -- Political aspects -- China; Capitalism -- China; China -- Economic policy -- 2000-
Description: In Wealth and Power in Contemporary China, Bruce Dickson challenges the notion that economic development is leading to political change in China, or that China's private entrepreneurs are helping to promote democratization. Instead, they have become partners with the ruling Chinese Communist Party to promote economic growth while maintaining the political status quo. Dickson's research illuminates the Communist Party's strategy for incorporating China's capitalists into the political system and how the shared interests, personal ties, and common views of the party and the private sector are creating a form of "crony communism." Rather than being potential agents of change, China's entrepreneurs may prove to be a key source of support for the party's agenda. Based on years of research and original survey data, this book will be of interest to all those interested in China's political future and in the relationship between economic wealth and political power.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Party's promotion of the private sector; title: Coopting the capitalists; title: Bridges and branches : the CCP's institutional links to the private sector; title: Views on the economic, political, and social environments; title: Private entrepreneurs in public service : political participation in China's formal political institutions; title: The ripple effects of privatization; title: Conclusion.