Introduction : the myths floating around the giants -- Economic reform and growth : differing patterns and institutions -- Agriculture : still the most crowded sector -- Infrastructure : the dazzling difference -- High saving, low financial intermediation -- The pattern of burgeoning capitalism...

In the 1980s and 1990s successive United Kingdom governments enacted a series of reforms to establish a more market-oriented economy, closer to the American model and further away from its Western European competitors. Today, the United Kingdom is one of the least regulated economies in the...

The book provides insights into the economic and social transformation that China has undergone from 1979 to the present. Based on the author's research in China for over three decades, China's Transformation: The Success Story and the Success Trap shows how its 'reform and open door' policy...

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- China's reforms : overview and a view from below -- Development strategy and the countryside -- The hela, wuxi : transformation of the land of rice and fish -- State and party : agencies of reforms -- Local state and the agency trap -- The party and its...

Many countries have experienced major economic changes since the mid-1980s as a result of the deregulation and liberalization of national financial systems – two key aspects of globalization – with some experiencing boom and bust in rapid succession. The small Northern European country of...