How China Escaped the Poverty Trap (eBook)

Yuen Yuen Ang (Autor)

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2016
344 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-0640-0 (ISBN)

Infos

<p><b>WINNER OF THE 2017 PETER KATZENSTEIN BOOK PRIZE"e;BEST OF BOOKS IN 2017"e; BY FOREIGN AFFAIRSWINNER OF THE 2018 VIVIAN ZELIZER PRIZE BEST BOOK AWARD IN ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY</b>"e;<i><b>How China Escaped the Poverty Trap</b></i> truly offers game-changing ideas for the analysis and implementation of socio-economic development and should have a major impact across many social sciences."e; Zelizer Best Book in Economic Sociology Prize Committee</p><p>Acclaimed as "e;game changing"e; and "e;field shifting,"e; <b><i>How China Escaped the Poverty Trap</i> </b>advances a new paradigm in the political economy of development and sheds new light on China&#39;s rise.</p><p>How can poor and weak societies escape poverty traps? Political economists have traditionally offered three answers: "e;stimulate growth first,"e; "e;build good institutions first,"e; or "e;some fortunate nations inherited good institutions that led to growth."e;</p><p>Yuen Yuen Ang rejects all three schools of thought and their underlying assumptions: linear causation, a mechanistic worldview, and historical determinism. Instead, she launches a new paradigm grounded in complex adaptive systems, which embraces the reality of interdependence and humanity&#39;s capacity to innovate.</p><p>Combining this original lens with more than 400 interviews with Chinese bureaucrats and entrepreneurs, Ang systematically reenacts the complex process that turned China from a communist backwater into a global juggernaut in just 35 years. Contrary to popular misconceptions, she shows that what drove China&#39;s great transformation was not centralized authoritarian control, but "e;directed improvisation"e;&mdash;top-down directions from Beijing paired with bottom-up improvisation among local officials.</p><p>Her analysis reveals two broad lessons on development. First, transformative change requires an adaptive governing system that empowers ground-level actors to create new solutions for evolving problems. Second, the first step out of the poverty trap is to "e;use what you have"e;&mdash;harnessing existing resources to kick-start new markets, even if that means defying first-world norms.</p><p>Bold and meticulously researched, <b><i>How China Escaped the Poverty Trap</i> </b>opens up a whole new avenue of thinking for scholars, practitioners, and anyone seeking to build adaptive systems.</p>

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.9.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Cornell Studies in Political Economy
• Reihe/Serie: Cornell Studies in Political Economy
• Zusatzinfo: 11 halftones, 1 map, 15 tables, 24 charts
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • book in international relations • book on comparative politics • book on political economy • books on economic sociology • books on foreign affairs • china's economic rise • China's Rise • Chinese economic growth • Chinese economic policy • chinese economic wealth • Chinese economy • Chinese social policy • Chinese studies • current affairs in china • developing country case study • developing worlds • development professionals • ecomonic conditions in asia • economic conditions in china • economic conditions in china, history of chinese economy, chinese economic policy, economic development in china • Economic Development in China • Economic Growth in China • economic policies in asia • fighting global poverty • handbook of economic growth • history of chinese economy • how can poor societies escape poverty • how did china become a global powerhouse • how did china fix their economy • how economic development happens • how nations escape poverty • how to build adaptive systems • how to fix global poverty • insights into China's growth • international and public affairs • literature of development economics • modern asian politics • modern asian studies • modern chinese policy • modern chinese politics • peter katzenstein book prize • peter katzenstein book winner • political economy of development, political economy of china, coevolution, complex adaptive systems, • Poverty in China • road map for economic development • Social policy in China • study of comparative politics • Viviana Zelizer Prize in Economic Sociology • Why Nations Fail • World Politics
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-0640-3 / 1501706403
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-0640-0 / 9781501706400