This is a revised and updated version of the celebrated 'Best Book on ChineseEconomy'. It sets out to analyze and compare the operational mechanisms of the Chinese economy between the pre- and post-reform periods and through national, regional and local dimensions. INDICE: List of Boxes - List of Figures - List of Tables - List of Abbreviations - Foreword - Preface - Key Terms - Map - PART I: A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHINA - The Origins of the Nation - Rise and Fall of the Empire - China in the New Millennium - Summary - Case Study: Why Yellow River is Important - PART II: SPATIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS - Administrative Divisions - Great Regions - Geographical Belts - Southern and Northern Parts - Ethno-Culture Areas - Summary - Case Study: Who owns Lake Weishan? - PART III: HUMAN AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS - Human and Cultural Contexts - Population - Labour Force - Education - Cultural Context - Summary - Case Study: Age, Gender, Education and Earnings -PART IV: POLITICAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS IN TRANSITION - Plan and Market - Employment - Production and Ownership - Public Finance - Banking - External Relations- Summary - Case study: System Dynamics b a Feedback Model - PART V: UNDERSTANDING CHINESE ECONOMIC REFORM - Understanding Chinese Economic Reform - A Brief Narrative - Interest Groups and Stakeholders - Radical Reform, the (Un)successful Cases - Gradual/Partial Reform, the (Un)successful Cases - Whither Chinese-style Reform? - Summary - Case Study: Games between Radicals and Conservatives - PART VI: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION - China's Growth Performance - Measuring Income Inequality - Inequality: Causes and Consequences - Poverty and Social Security - Summary - Case Study: A Tale of Two Companies in Transitions - PART VII: A MULTIREGIONAL ECONOMIC COMPARISON - About StatisticalData - Macroeconomic Performance - Real Living Standards - Regional Economic Disparity - Summary - Case Study: Similar Initial Conditions, Varied Results -PART VIII: SPATIAL ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY - Spatial Economics andDevelopment Strategy - Comparative Advantage Index - Spatial Economic Separation - China's Search for Spatial Integration - Regional Development Strategy -Summary - Case Study: Fighting for Rainfalls? - PART IX: INDUSTRIALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS - China's Efforts on Industrialization - Post-Reform Industrialization - A Comparative Analysis - Technological Progress - Summary - Case Study: Technological and Economic Leapfrogging - PART X: THE QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Background - Natural Resources - Energy Production and Consumption - Environmental Situation - Chinese Environmental Policy - Summary - Case Study: Should Chinese Legislations be Revised? - PART XI: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INFLUENCES - International Economic Influences - Historical Review - Foreign Direct Investment - Foreign Trade - A Quantitative Analysis - Summary - Case Study: Cultural Influences on Foreign Trade - PART XII: THE GREATER CHINA AREA: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT - Historical Evolution - Social and Economic Differences - Complementary Conditions - Cross-Straits Economic Relations- Future Perspective - Case Study: Overseas Chinese Economics - Appendices - Basic Conditions of the Ethnic Minorities - A List of Major Reforms from 1978 to 2008 - Bibliography
- ISBN: 978-0-230-58100-5
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 408
- Fecha Publicación: 22/10/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés