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Travel; domestic and overseas
Trials
TVEs. See Township-and-village enterprises
Underdeveloped markets
Unemployment: in manufacturing; marginalized labor and; SOE reforms and; urban
Unemployment benefits: inadequacy of
Unfunded mandates
Unicom. See China Unicom
U.N. Development Program (UNDP)
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC): regulation modeled after
Universities. See Colleges and universities
Unrest: containment of
Urban areas: democratization in villages and; healthcare in; polls in; unemployment in
Urbanization
Urban residents’ committees
Values: Western impact and changes in
Varese, Federico
Vehicle fatalities: public safety and
Villages: CCP cells in; CCP decline in; CCP influence in; collapse of government authority in; committees in; compliance with election procedures in; debt in ; elections in; multicandidate elections in; self-government in. See also Peasants; Rural areas
Violence; in mafia states; participation in; state vs. society
Vishny, Robert
Wang Dan
Wang Huai’an
Wang Huaizhong
Wang Jiangong
Wang Juntao
Wang Shaoguang
Wang Zhaoguo
Wang Zhenyao
Wan Li,
“Washington consensus” (big-bang approach)
Water pollution
Waterways: degradation of
Weak states: China ranked as
Wealth: absconding with. See also Poverty
Web sites: Falun Gong and; security checks of
Wei Jingsheng
Wen Jiabao
Wen Shizhen
West: China as commercial opportunity for; links with
Wireless service: of Unicom
Wo an (chaun an)
Workers: economic status of; layoffs of ; marginalization of; protests by ; reemployment of. See also Peasants
Workplace safety: state incapacitation and
World Bank: quality of governance ranking by
World Development Indicators (World Bank , 2003)
World economy
World Health Organization (WHO): on China’s health system
World Trade Organization (WTO): domestic private banks and; telecom service sector and
Wu Jichuan
Wu Jinglian
Xiao Tangbiao
Xie Ping
Xinfang system
Xu Shijie
Xu Wenli
Yang Xiuzhu
Yao Lifa
Yep, Ray
Yibashous(local officials)
Young, Alwyn
Yu Jianrong
Zeng, Peter
Zcng Qinghong
Zhang Wei
Zhang Ziming
Zhao Ziyang; political reform and
Zhou Wenchang
Zhu Rongji
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Abbreviations
Introduction
ONE - Why Transitions Get Trapped: A Theoretical Framework
Economic Development and Political Change
Theories of Economic Reform
Gradualism, Chinese Style
Why No Autocracy Has Opted for the Big Bang
A Question of the State: Developmental or Predatory
The Theory of the Predatory State
Why Decentralized Predation May Emerge during Transition
TWO - Democratizing China?
Political Reform: The Ruling Elites’ Views
Political Reform According to Deng Xiaoping
Political Reform: A Liberal Alternative
Political Reform: Content, Goals, and Dilemmas
Political Reform: A Stillborn Plan
Institutional Reforms: Promise and Disappointment
Legislative Output
Constitutional Oversight Power
Power of Appointment and Removal
Organizational Growth
Legal Reform
Politicization of the Courts and Lack of Judicial Independence
Fragmentation of Judicial Authority
Village Elections
Illiberal Adaptation
Selective Repression
Containing Social Unrest
Responding to the Information Revolution
Co-optation
The Co-optation of the Intelligentsia
The Co-optation of Private Entrepreneurs
THREE - Rent Protection and Dissipation: The Dark Side of Gradualism
The Grain Procurement System
The Evolution of the Grain Procurement System
Analysis
The Telecom Service Sector
Monopoly and State Control
Analysis
The Banking Sector
Banking Reform since 1979
SCBs’ Dominance and Performance
Poor Governance and Corruption
Analysis
The Economic Costs of Gradualism
How Marketized Is the Chinese Economy?
SOEs’ Share of Economic Output and Employment
The State’s Influence in Commodities and Factor Markets
Fragmentation of Domestic