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China's Capitalism: A Paradoxical Route to Economic Prosperity

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In China's Capitalism , Tobias ten Brink reveals how combinations of three heterogeneous actors—party-state institutions, firms, and workers—led to China's distinctive form of capitalism. Presenting a historically nuanced portrait, the book is essential reading for anyone interested in China's socioeconomic order and its future development.

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China: Decentralized Economic System
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Soviet Management in Application
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Success of Planning
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Experience of Planned Economies
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The Implementation of Soviet Planning
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India: Experience in Planning and Reforms
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Socialist Planning in the Soviet Union
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Planned Economies: Their Lessons for Developing Countries
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Macroeconomic Development Strategy: The Feldman-Mahalanobis Model
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Failure of Planning
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A Theory of Social Action: Philosophical Foundation
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About the Authors
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Conclusion
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The Organizational Structure in the Soviet Management
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Authors: ten Brink, T., & Welch, C.
ORCID: ten Brink, Tobias
Venue: University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2019-02-14
DOI: 10.9783/9780812295795
OpenAlex: W4214931490
Cited by: 87
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 24 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6
FWCI: 10.87
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Locations: University of Pennsylvania Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Asian Industrial and Economic Development
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Political Economy and Marxism
Keywords: Chinese capitalism, state-owned enterprises, workers, state capitalism, Chinese economic development, Chinese political economy, state-business relations

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