The Advance of the State in Contemporary China
State-Market Relations in the Reform Era

Charts the advance of the state in contemporary China through an analysis of state-market relations in the reform era.

Sarah Eaton (Author)

9781107123410, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 December 2015

166 pages, 6 b/w illus. 4 tables
23.7 x 16 x 1.8 cm, 0.4 kg

Since the global financial crisis of 2008–9, central-level, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China have extended their reach into the Chinese economy. Some have interpreted this development as a turning point in Chinese economic development; a decision for state capitalism and a stand against slow but steady marketization. In The Advance of the State in Contemporary China, Sarah Eaton suggests that the shift is a much slower-moving process and that this particular aspect of state sector reform can be seen to predate the financial crisis. She argues that the 'advance of the State' has in fact developed incrementally from an eclectic set of ideas regarding the political and economic significance of large and profitable state-controlled enterprise groups. Drawing from case studies of China's telecommunication services and airline reforms, this fascinating study offers illuminating insight into China's much-vaunted, but poorly understood, brand of state capitalism.

Preface
1. The advance of the State in China: the power of ideas
2. The ideas behind the advance of the State
3. The State's advance in the air: an analysis of airlines reform
4. Advance of the State in telecommunications: the bricolage of managed competition
5. Is the State's advance coming to a halt?
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ], Political economy [KCP], Political structure & processes [JPH]