The book is based on the hypothesis that a systematic analysis of the Chinese economic discourse is necessary in order to understand the underlying logic of Chinese economic development. The majority of works on the subject see China's economic development as a linear process of marketization or...

Frontmatter -- Advance Praise for The China Paradox, Second Edition -- Advance Praise for The China Paradox, First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 The Hybrid Development Model at the Heart of a Vibrant New China -- Chapter 2 Early Attempts at Industrialization: The...

This book mobilises the theory of uneven and combined development to uncover the geopolitical economic drivers of China’s rise. The purpose is to explain the formation and trajectory of its economic "accumulation system" - which remains a confounding hybrid of statist and neoliberal forms of...