{"product_id":"capitalism-without-democracy-the-private-sector-in-contemporary-china-hardback-9780801445132","title":"Capitalism Without Democracy; The Private Sector in Contemporary China (Hardback) 9780801445132","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCapitalism Without Democracy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Private Sector in Contemporary China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKellee S. Tsai (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801445132\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 September 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past three decades, China has undergone a historic transformation. Once illegal, its private business sector now comprises 30 million businesses employing more than 200 million people and accounting for half of China's Gross Domestic Product. Yet despite the optimistic predictions of political observers and global business leaders, the triumph of capitalism has not led to substantial democratic reforms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCapitalism without Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, Kellee S. Tsai focuses on the activities and aspirations of the private entrepreneurs who are driving China's economic growth. The famous images from 1989 of China's new capitalists supporting the students in Tiananmen Square are, Tsai finds, outdated and misleading. Chinese entrepreneurs are not agitating for democracy. Most are working eighteen-hour days to stay in business, while others are saving for their one child's education or planning to leave the country. Many are Communist Party members. \"Remarkably,\" Tsai writes, \"most entrepreneurs feel that the system generally works for them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTsai regards the quotidian activities of Chinese entrepreneurs as subtler and possibly more effective than voting, lobbying, and protesting in the streets. Indeed, major reforms in China's formal institutions have enhanced the private sector's legitimacy and security in the absence of mobilization by business owners. In discreet collaboration with local officials, entrepreneurs have created a range of adaptive informal institutions, which in turn, have fundamentally altered China's political and regulatory landscape. Based on years of research, hundreds of field interviews, and a sweeping nationwide survey of private entrepreneurs funded by the National Science Foundation, \u003ci\u003eCapitalism without Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e explodes the conventional wisdom about the relationship between economic liberalism and political freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Myth of China's Democratic Capitalists2. Bypassing Democracy: Regime Durability, Informal Institutions, and Political Change3. The Unofficial and Official Revival of China's Private Sector4. Private Entrepreneurs' Identities, Interests, and Values5. Diversity in Private Entrepreneurs' Coping Strategies6. Local Variation in Private Sector Conditions7. Changing China: Adaptive Informal Institutions\u003ci\u003eAppendix A Research Methodology\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B List of Interviews, 2001–2005\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Chinese Terms\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541609279768,"sku":"9780801445132","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/capitalism-without-democracy-the-private-sector-in-contemporary-china-hardback-9780801445132","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}