Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Bargaining with God in the Name of Family: Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Italian Coffee Bars -- 1 As Immigrant Entrepreneurs -- 2 As Christians...

"In this book, Hannes Lacher traces the modern disjuncture of the spaces of economic organization and political governance to the territorial prefiguration of capitalism, and analyses the distinctive strategies through which states and social forces sought to overcome this gap in historically...

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...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Unnatural Capital: Chinese State Investment and Its Travails in Africa -- 2. Varieties of Accumulation: Profit Maximization and Beyond -- 3. Labor Bargains: Regimes of Exploitation and Exclusion -- 4. Managerial Ethos: Collective...

Unnatural capital: Chinese state investment and its travails in Africa -- Varieties of accumulation: profit maximization and beyond -- Labor bargains: regimes of exploitation and exclusion -- Managerial ethos: collective asceticism versus individual careerism -- Contesting capital: aspiration...