China's stunning economic performance for the past three decades was not only unexpected but contradicts much received … wisdom in the study of development. Four paradoxes posed by China's record are critically examined: (a) China's traditional … foster development, particularly by establishing secure private property rights. Reasons why China was able to defy …

more open capitalist economies. We revisit old data to see attitudes toward advertising in China and Vietnam early in their …Attitudes toward advertising as a research topic has been around for a long time. In the West, the heyday of research … transformation process. Generally, consumers in both countries recognized the positive macroeconomic role of advertising, but they …

"This book examines a three-way interaction among market, state, and family in China's recent market reform. Using … interview data collected from women of three different cohorts in urban China, this study challenges China's free …

Representing the culmination of more than a decade of empirical research in post-Mao China, this collection of essays … explores changes in the nature of work in relation to changes in households, migration patterns, and gender roles during an era …