This study was prepared by Andreas Kuhlmann, while he was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in September 2006 and was accepted as a Ph.D. thesis by the Economics Department of the University of Munich. The subject of this study is the analysis of network...

Long waves of growth & development in the global political economy -- Cultural contradictions of global capitalism -- A global neoliberal social structure of accumulation? -- A transnational corporate social structure of accumulation? -- A global money-trade-production mode of regulation? -- A...

Economic transition and the case of China -- Non-state sectors policies, 1978 to the present -- Managing elite conflict and policy cycles -- Installing technocratic young leaders -- Selective and showcase liberalization -- Extending the open policy -- Provincial reform initiatives -- Divergent...