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In Search of Civil Society: Market Reform and Social Change in Contemporary China (Ids Development Studies Series)
In Search of Civil Society Market Reform and Social Change in Contemporary China - Ids Development Studies Series Author:Gordon White, Jude A. Howell, Shang Xiaoyuan Since 1978, China has pursued sweeping economic changes in an officially sponsored transition from a Stalinist centrally planned economy to a socialist market economy. This book explores the extent to which this experience can be described and understood in terms of the idea of "civil society", defined as the emrgence of an autonomous sphere of ... more »voluntary associations capable of organizing the interests of emergent socio-economic groups and counterbalancing the hitherto unchallenged dominance of the Marxist-Leninist state.« less