Wealth Into Power: The Communist Party's Embrace of China's Private Sector

by Bruce J. Dickson

Book Overview

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 promote democratization. Instead, they have become partners with the ruling Chinese Communist Party to promote economic growth while maintaining the political status quo. Dickson's research illuminates the Communist Party's strategy for incorporating China's capitalists into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521702704
• ISBN13: 9780521702706
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"