The Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China

by Cong Cao and Yutao Sun

Book Overview

There are a variety of reasons underlying the remarkable development of science and technology (S&T), and innovation in post-1978 China. This book seeks to achieve an understanding of such development from an institutional or a political economy perspective. Departing from the literature of S&T and innovation studies that treats innovation as a market or enterprise's behavior in Schumpeter's sense, Sun and Cao argue that it involves politics, institutions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108796036
• ISBN13: 9781108796033
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"