China's economic growth and transition pose fascinating questions for social scientists. In the economic realm, proponents of the market-preserving federalism (MPF) model appear to have gone too far. In reality, China's central leadership has retained the prerogative to appoint top provincial...

This well-researched book examines the dramatic transformation of Southeast Asian countries from agricultural and mining economies to industrial nations. In doing so, it explores the effects of development policy on a number of interdisciplinary issues, and the emergence of new social and...

This paper reviews the changing role of government in China's economic development during the last four decades. It argues that China's outstanding economic performance has been largely caused by draining three “quake lakes” created by the command economy, thus releasing a huge potential...