Preface / Joseph Caron -- Introduction: International political economy and explanations of China's globalization / David Zweig, Chen Zhimin -- Beyond the disciplinary heartlands: studying China's international political economy / Shaun A. Breslin -- Soft balancing and reciprocal engagement:...

1 The Chinese Birdcage -- 2 Western Triumphalism -- 3 China as the World's Factory -- 4 Housing Bubbles across the Western Hemisphere -- 5 The Global Financial Crisis -- 6 The Economic Fallout -- 7 Unlimited Supplies of Labor -- 8 China's Economic Development -- 9 Global Imbalances and Corporate...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: The Decline of Tax Politics in Eastern Europe -- Chapter 2: Creating a Capitalist Tax Structure after Communism -- Chapter 3: Ceding Control: European Integration and Consumption Taxes -- Chapter 4: The Race to the Bottom? Corporate Taxes and...