Institutional change in market-liberal state capitalism. An integrative perspective on the development of the private business sector in China
This paper shows that a more accurate depiction of the development of China's private sector is gained by considering the complex interaction between bottom-up and topdown processes. First, the paper analyzes the general characteristics of Chinese capitalism to help understand and classify the gradual institutional change in the enterprise sector. Second, it draws on insights from comparative political economy and new approaches in political science to introduce the strategy of 'wearing a red hat,' an empirical phenomenon that provides a framework for the emergence from the 1980s of China's private sector. This section also examines the closely interwoven relationships between private companies and the party-state that have taken place since the 1990s. Third, the paper indicates that focusing on state/capital relationships at different administrational levels contributes to a better understanding of China's private sector. It concludes that the development and success of the new private enterprises, which remained closely linked to the state, enabled the ruling elite to form and consolidate a hegemonic project that provided relative societal coherence on the often bumpy road to reform.
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2011
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Authors: | ten Brink, Tobias |
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Cologne : Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies |
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Series: | MPIfG Discussion Paper ; 11/2 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 656739584 [GVK] hdl:10419/45622 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:mpifgd:112 [RePEc] |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304708
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