It has become a truism that continued economic reform in China will contribute to political
change. Policy makers as well as many scholars expect that formation of a private sector will …

Economic reforms in China have led to the creation of an entirely new social class: the
business elite. Entrepreneurs in the foreign and private sectors have benefited tremendously …

Jie Chen and Bruce J. Dickson draw on extensive fieldwork as they explore the extent to
which China's private sector supports democracy, surveying more than 2,000 entrepreneurs …

Is privatization in China leading to political change? This article presents original survey
data from 1999 and 2005 to evaluate the Communist Party's strategy towards the private …

Over the past three decades, China has undergone a historic transformation. Once illegal, its
private business sector now comprises 30 million businesses employing more than 200 …

This article questions predictions about China's democratic potential based on rising
incomes in the private sector. For private entrepreneurs to constitute a democratizing force …

In Wealth into Power, Bruce Dickson challenges the notion that economic development is
leading to political change in China, or that China's private entrepreneurs are helping to …

In the 1990s, parts of the state bureaucracy in China have been setting up new profit-
seeking, risk-taking businesses. Some of these businesses are entrepreneurial rather than …

In spite of the significant expansion of the private sector in China, the strategic sectors of the
economy are still dominated by a relatively small number of large state-owned companies …

This article discusses how two decades of economic reforms have intensified popular unrest
and redefined the composition, interests and political attitudes of China's ever more complex …