Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- China's reforms : overview and a view from below -- Development strategy and the … state and the agency trap -- The party and its governing capacity -- Effects on people -- Tves as catalysts in China … China's development : lessons for global transformation -- Glossary -- Index -- About the author …

Stability, development and unity in contemporary China -- Critical developments in Chinese politics -- Privatisation … -- Uneven economic development -- China's environmental problems -- Population change and food security in China -- Ethnic … minorities -- Critical social issues -- Cross strait relations and China's reunification prospects …