"This book argues that the current state of China requires an important paradigm shift in the way the party-state manages the country's development, and goes on to assess the fitness of the party-state for implementing such a paradigm shift and the likelihood of the party-state bringing this...

pt. 1. Reorientation of the Chinese growth model -- part 2. Recent policy shifts in the fields of labour and welfare -- part 3. The party-state and Chinese society : contention, accommodation and collaboration.

Foreword / by Waldemar W. Wirsig -- Introduction -- Mixed performance -- Differentiated and complex systems -- A typology for distinguishing myth from reality -- Key policy issues -- Between status quo and neoliberal extremes