Description: Discussion of the "Chinese Model" abounds with the rise of China. This volume analyzes the Chinese case in a theoretical framework, provides an evolutionary perspective, and compares it with other models of development.
Brief description: Xiaoming Huang is Professor of International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Review Quotes:
"[T]he essays in this volume provide some fruitful material to contemplate as we think about comparing China to other places or experiences, and what makes China's experience during the post-Mao period unique." --Pacific Affairs
"In the light of China's triumphant emergence from the Global Financial Crisis there has been increasing interest in the "Chinese Consensus" or model of development. This collection provides a multifaceted analysis of China's models of development, both national and local, political and economic, from both comparative and international perspectives--a most timely and interesting overview of China's constantly evolving developmental path." --Lowell Dittmer, University of California, Berkeley "The outstanding scholarly analyses in this volume place the Chinese model of economic and political development in a valuable comparative perspective. The contributors compare the experience of post-Mao China with the paths of development taken earlier under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao Zedong, as well as with those subsequently adopted in Taiwan, Russia, and Vietnam. Suggesting that 'Mainland China has now walked into Taiwan's past, ' the editors ask whether it will follow Taiwan in evolving into a market democracy or whether it will retain its statist and authoritarian features. Either way, they argue that the success and failures of the Chinese experience will have a significant influence on the development strategies of other emerging economies" --Harry Harding, University of Virginia, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy "Placing the Chinese model in a historical, evolutionary, and comparative context, this collection of chapters by noted scholars of Chinese and East Asian politics makes a major contribution to our understanding of political development of contemporary China. All chapters are clearly written and original, providing many fresh and unique insights into the ongoing China model debate." --Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver and editor of Journal of Contemporary China