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China Constructing Capitalism : Economic Life and Urban Change.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2013Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (345 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781134004522
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 302.50951
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements and dedication -- Introduction: China versus neoliberalism -- 1 Chinese thought, cultural theory -- 2 Connections, networks, culture: the institutions of Chinese capitalism -- 3 Relational property and urban temporality: China's urbanism in the city of experts -- 4 Local state capitalism? From urban hierarchy to city markets -- 5 Chinese firms and political ties -- 6 Property development: markets and districts -- 7 Trading ethnographies: stuck in China -- 8 Knowing but not doing: the financial sector in China and institutional reform -- 9 Risk cultures: production of Shanghai space -- 10 Shenzhen dwelling: arrival and migrant urbanisms -- Conclusions: China and the neoclassical subject -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: In China Constructing Capitalism, the authors argue that it is not Western neo-liberalism that is constructing the Chinese economy, but instead that China is constructing its own version of capitalism. This book analyses China as a 'risk culture', examining among others Chinese firms and political ties, property development, migrant urbanisms and share trading rooms. It scrutinises the ever-present shadow of the risk-averse (yet uncertainty-creating) state. It is a must-read for social scientists, policy makers and investors.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements and dedication -- Introduction: China versus neoliberalism -- 1 Chinese thought, cultural theory -- 2 Connections, networks, culture: the institutions of Chinese capitalism -- 3 Relational property and urban temporality: China's urbanism in the city of experts -- 4 Local state capitalism? From urban hierarchy to city markets -- 5 Chinese firms and political ties -- 6 Property development: markets and districts -- 7 Trading ethnographies: stuck in China -- 8 Knowing but not doing: the financial sector in China and institutional reform -- 9 Risk cultures: production of Shanghai space -- 10 Shenzhen dwelling: arrival and migrant urbanisms -- Conclusions: China and the neoclassical subject -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

In China Constructing Capitalism, the authors argue that it is not Western neo-liberalism that is constructing the Chinese economy, but instead that China is constructing its own version of capitalism. This book analyses China as a 'risk culture', examining among others Chinese firms and political ties, property development, migrant urbanisms and share trading rooms. It scrutinises the ever-present shadow of the risk-averse (yet uncertainty-creating) state. It is a must-read for social scientists, policy makers and investors.

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