Why growth equals power – and why it shouldn't

Constructing visions of China

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12911148
AutoresShaun Breslin (0000-0002-8381-037X, University of Warwick, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen1
Número1
Páginas3-17
Fecha de publicación2008-02-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Asian Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-6242 • E-ISSN: 1751-6234
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17516230701835906
OpenAlexW2062140785
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas26

When discussing the success of China's transition from socialism, there is a tendency to focus on growth figures as an indication of performance. Whilst these figures are indeed impressive, we should not confuse growth with development and assume that the former necessarily automatically generates the latter. Much has been done to reduce poverty in China, but the task is not as complete as some observers would suggest; particularly in terms of access to health, education and welfare, and also in dealing with relative (rather than absolute) depravation and poverty. Visions of China have been constructed that exaggerate Chinese development and power in the global system partly to serve political interests, but partly due to the failure to consider the relationship between growth and development, partly due to the failure to disaggregate who gets what in China, and partly due to the persistence of inter-national conceptions of globalised production, trade, and financial flows

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