Dancing with the Devil: The Political Economy of Privatization in China

by Yi-min Lin

From 1978 through the turn of the century, China was transformed from a state-owned economy into a predominantly private economy. This fundamental change took place under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has been ideologically and politically predisposed to suppress private ownership.

In Dancing with the Devil, Yi-min Lin explains how and why such a paradoxical reality came about. He shows that private ownership became a necessary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190682833
• ISBN13: 9780190682835
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"