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China's Gilded Age : The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption by Yuen Yuen Ang (2020, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108478603
ISBN-139781108478601
eBay Product ID (ePID)7038439030
Product Key Features
Number of Pages266 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChina's Gilded Age : the Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
SubjectGeneral
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science
AuthorYuen Yuen Ang
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight19 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2019-052599
Dewey Edition23
Reviews'This path-breaking study will change how we think about the link between corruption and growth ... original and convincing.' Bruce Dickson, George Washington University
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal364.13230951
Table Of Content1. Introduction. China's gilded age; 2. Unbundling corruption across countries; 3. Unbundling corruption over time; 4. Profit-sharing, Chinese style; 5. Corrupt and competent; 6. All the king's men; 7. Rethinking nine big questions; Appendix; References; Index.
SynopsisWhy has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money - elite exchanges of power and profit - cuts both ways: it stimulates investment and growth but produces serious risks for the economy and political system. Since market opening, corruption in China has evolved toward access money. Using a range of data sources, the author explains the evolution of Chinese corruption, how it differs from the West and other developing countries, and how Xi's anti-corruption campaign could affect growth and governance. In this formidable yet accessible book, Ang challenges one-dimensional measures of corruption. By unbundling the problem and adopting a comparative-historical lens, she reveals that the rise of capitalism was not accompanied by the eradication of corruption, but rather by its evolution from thuggery and theft to access money. In doing so, she changes the way we think about corruption and capitalism, not only in China but around the world., Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang argues that not all types of corruption hurt growth, nor do they cause the same kind of harm. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money--elite exchanges of power and profit--cuts both ways: it stimulates investment and growth but produces serious risks for the economy and political system. Since market opening, corruption in China has evolved toward access money. Using a range of data sources, the author explains the evolution of Chinese corruption, how it differs from the West and other developing countries, and how Xi's anticorruption campaign could affect growth and governance. In this formidable yet accessible book, Ang challenges one-dimensional measures of corruption. By unbundling the problem and adopting a comparative-historical lens, she reveals that the rise of capitalism was not accompanied by the eradication of corruption, but rather by its evolution from thuggery and theft to access money. In doing so, she changes the way we think about corruption, not only in China but around the world., By unbundling corruption into four distinct categories, Ang shows that the type of corruption that dominates in China - 'access money' (elite exchanges of power and profit) - perversely stimulates investment and growth while producing serious risks for the economy and political system.
LC Classification NumberJQ1509.5.C6A54 2020
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