| ISBN: 978-1-55587-580-0 $47.00 | ||
| 1995/207 pages/LC: 94-23749 | ||
Chih-yu Shih looks at this precarious dyad, demonstrating what reform has done to the country's political and economic mechanisms and, equally significant, how the coexistence of collectivism and individualism continues to dominate the thinking of China's reformers. Considering the issue from cultural, moral, political, and ideological perspectives, Shih deconstructs the popular question of whether Chinese socialism has died.
In the second part of the book, the results of Shih's insightful private interviews with planners, general managers, party cadres, and ordinary workers reveal the delicate and complex interrelationships among them. Also of special value is the author's comprehensive bibliography of Chinese-language sources on economic reform.
"A thoughtful discussion of the role of values in Chinese economic policy and behavior."—Yasheng Huang, American Political Science Review
"An unusual and interesting book."—Perspectives on Political Science
"A subtle, ground-breaking analysis... This is an intriguing book."—Australian Journal of Political Science
"A well-argued, highly insightful and timely book.... a useful analysis of China's enterprise reform that adds to our grasp of the Chinese political economy in transition."—The China Journal