From Mao to market : rent seeking, local protectionism, and marketization in China / Andrew H. Wedeman.

By:

Wedeman, Andrew Hall, 1958-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Cambridge modern China seriesPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 277 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0511064101
9780511064104
0511072562
9780511072567
9780511510434
0511510438
9780521809603
0521809606
9786610433834
6610433836
9780521100151
0521100151
1107131987
9781107131989
1280433833
9781280433832
0511204191
9780511204197
0511307004
9780511307003

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: From Mao to market.DDC classification:

330.951 22

LOC classification:

HC427.92 .W413 2003eb

Other classification:

83.32
F120
F129

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; 1 The Pitfalls of Reform; 2 Policy and Institutional Change; 3 Rent Seeking and Local Protectionism; 4 Export Protectionism; 5 Import Protectionism; 6 Marketization; 7 Escaping from the Pitfalls; Bibliography; Index.

Summary: This book argues that China succeeded in moving from a Maoist command economy to a market economy because government failed to prevent local officials from forcing prices to market levels. The 'resource wars' that resulted from partial price reform in the early 1980s cleared the way for sweeping reforms.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-271) and index.

This book argues that China succeeded in moving from a Maoist command economy to a market economy because government failed to prevent local officials from forcing prices to market levels. The 'resource wars' that resulted from partial price reform in the early 1980s cleared the way for sweeping reforms.