"China's economic development over the past four decades has been marked by several consequential policies. In the … China's economic policy paradigms are contrary to conventional wisdom that any strategic plan coming from the Chinese state … bureaucracy. Paradigms worked their way out from second-tier economic bureaucrats, who played critical, yet unacknowledged roles …

Globalization and the economics of radical change in China -- Setting the stage : a primer to the study of China …'s economic reforms -- Changing social institutions -- China in the global economy -- Environment, pollution, and renewable energy … -- Changing life chances -- The rule of law and prospects for democracy -- China's integration into the global political economy …

One of the core assumptions of recent American foreign policy is that China's post-1978 policy of "reform and openness … liberalization and democratization. Moreover, it analyzes the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) liberalization on Chinese … growth and social change in China during the last quarter of a century. Contagious Capitalism contends that FDI …