Contagious Capitalism

Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6323397
AutoresMargaret M Pearson (0000-0003-4266-9450, University of Maryland, College Park, autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume6
Fascículo1
Páginas188-189
Data de publicação2008-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPerspectives on Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1537592708080353
OpenAlexW2123765723
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6

Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China. By Mary Elizabeth Gallagher. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. 256p. $47.50 cloth, $18.95 paper. One of the most pressing issues to be addressed with regard to the politics of the People's Republic of China is authoritarian resilience in the face of substantial market reform. Structural Marxism, modernization theory, and transition theory all lead us to expect that strong economic growth (markets and, to a significant extent, privatization), the emergence of a middle class, and the presence of fragmentation within the Chinese leadership might very well unleash forces of democratization. Of course, twentieth-century capitalism does not replicate the Anglo/American experience in which the bourgeoisie is seen to have ushered in democratic institutions, and so some scholars would argue that there is no conundrum to be explained. Nevertheless, the expectation that China's economic transformation will encourage pro-democratic forces persists among those who do and do not know China well

Authoritarianism · Bourgeoisie · Capitalism · China · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economic globalization · Economic system · Economics · Globalization · Market economy · Modernization theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law