The success or failure of China's development will impact not only its own citizens but also
those of the world. China is widely recognized as a global actor on the world stage and no …

The carbon dioxide embodied in Chinese exports to developed countries increased rapidly
from 1995 to 2008. We test the extent to which institutional reforms in China can explain this …

Jane Duckett describes in detail new state business activities in China and explains why
they have appeared. Using research on the northern city of Tianjin during the 1990s, she …

The transition from a command economy to a capitalist market economy has entirely altered
the industrial landscape in which Chinese trade unions have to operate. This book focuses …

In this concise historical and conceptual analysis of China's evolving position in a world
defined predominantly by global capitalist development, Lin offers a critical review of …

Despite enormous differences between Asia and Eastern Europe, there are striking
similarities between the peaceful, spontaneous, urban-based and cross-class democratic …

In refuting Guy Standing's precariat as a class, we highlight that employment situation,
worker identity and legal rights are mistakenly taken as theoretical components of class …

Decentralization of state power over media ownership led to new challenges for state control
of media content in the 1980s. Following the Chinese Communist Party's legitimacy crisis …

This book investigates modern global civilization, offering an alternative to post-colonial
theories and the" multiple modernities" approach (as well as the civilizational theory linked …

Agriculture has leaped forward since right conservatism has been overcome and the old
technical norms in agriculture have been broken down. The output of agricultural products …