Red Inc. : Dictatorship and the Development of Capitalism in China, 1949-2009

Schaeffer, Robert K.

Routledge（2011/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781594517112
• DDC分類 951.05

Full Description

Red Inc. takes issue with the view that economic development will eventually promote democracy. It outlines in detail the enormous social costs of the rapid rise of China's economy. Although many observers argue that Deng Xiaoping introduced capitalism to China in the late 1970s, Schaeffer believes that capitalist development really began during the 1950s under Mao Zedong. But although Mao made relentless efforts to generate the capital needed to finance economic development, his regime failed to promote any real growth. Schaeffer shows that the remarkable rise of its economy in recent years has provided China with new and often corrupt sources of wealth and power that have enabled it to resist democracy. He brings into sharp focus the consequence of the regime's uncompromising approach to capital accumulation.

Contents

Chapter 1 Agrarian Reform and the Consolidation of Power; Chapter 2 The Collectivization of Agriculture and the Great Leap Forward; Chapter 3 The Cultural Revolution; Chapter 4 A Crisis of Succession; Chapter 5 The Reforms; Chapter 6 Dictatorship, Democracy, and Tiananmen Square; Chapter 7 Economic Crises in Democratizing States and the Foreign Investment Flood in China; Chapter 8 US Accommodation and the China Market; Chapter 9 Democracy Deterred; conclusion Conclusion;