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PublisherMonthly Review Press
ISBN-101583671234
ISBN-139781583671238
eBay Product ID (ePID)44778291
Product Key Features
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChina and Socialism : Market Reforms and Class Struggle
SubjectInternational / Economics, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Economic Conditions, Public Policy / Economic Policy
Publication Year2005
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics
AuthorPaul Burkett, Martin Hart-Landsberg
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight6.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-000246
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal338.951
SynopsisChina is the fastest-growing economy in the world today. For many on the left, the Chinese economy seems to provide an alternative model of development to that of neoliberal globalization. Although it is a disputed question whether the Chinese economy can be still described as socialist, there is no doubting the importance for the global project of socialism of accurately interpreting and soberly assessing its real prospects. China and Socialism argues that market reforms in China are leading inexorably toward a capitalist and foreign-dominated development path, with enormous social and politcal costs, both domestically and internationally. The rapid economic growth that accompanied these market reforms have not been due to efficiency gains, but rather to deliberate erosion of the infrastructure that made possible a remarkable degree of equality. The transition to the market has been based on rising unemployment, intensified exploitation, declining health and education services, exploding government debt, and unstable prices. At the same time, China's economic transformation has intensified the contradictions of capitalist development in other countries, especially in East Asia. Far from being a model that is replicable in other Third World countries, China today is a reminder of the need for socialism to be built from the grassroots up, through class struggle and international solidarity., China is the fastest-growing economy in the world today. For many on the left, the Chinese economy seems to provide an alternative model of development to that of neoliberal globalization. Although it is a disputed question whether the Chinese economy can be still described as socialist, there is no doubting the importance for the global project ......
LC Classification NumberHC427.92.H379 2005
