ABSTRACT

The Political Economy of China’s Great Transformation consists of three parts: first, covering the current political transformation, providing a general political background for the socio-economic, fiscal and urban and rural transformation.

The book analyses the economic transformation and addresses the shortcomings of existing interpretations of the "Chinese Miracle" and develops a new multi-dimensional framework. In addition, it shows how the private sector has been developing and what a major role it is playing in pushing forward the overall economic development.

The book also focuses on the analysis of China’s fiscal transformation. With the set of refined principles of fiscal federalism that the author has developed, it examines the problems of Chinese fiscal federalism in contrast to them. It further elaborates on topics such as the local government debt and explains why further reforms are necessary, making this book a very comprehensive read to understand China’s progress.

part I|44 pages

Political transformation in China

chapter 2|21 pages

The “Chinese Dream” deconstructed

Values and institutions

part II|51 pages

Economic transformation in China

chapter 3|23 pages

Re-Interpreting the “Chinese Miracle”

chapter 5|12 pages

Capital freedom

Evidence from China's provinces

part III|141 pages

Fiscal transformation in China

chapter 6|22 pages

Fiscal federalism

A refined theory and its application in the Chinese context

chapter 7|26 pages

Local government debt and municipal bonds in China

Problems and a framework of rules

chapter 8|51 pages

Competitive governments, fiscal arrangements and the provision of local public infrastructure in China

A theory-driven study of Gujiao municipality