China and the Global Political Economy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Introduction: China — Yes, But …

   • Shaun Breslin

   Pages 1-13

3. Studying China in an Era of Globalisation

   • Shaun Breslin

   Pages 14-39

4. The Transition from Socialism: An Embedded Socialist Compromise?

   • Shaun Breslin

   Pages 40-81

5. Re-engagement with the Global Economy

   • Shaun Breslin

   Pages 82-105

6. Beyond Bilateralism: What the Statistics Don’t Tell Us

   • Shaun Breslin

   Pages 106-130

7. Interpreting Chinese ‘Power’ in the Global Political Economy

   • Shaun Breslin

   Pages 131-156

8. The Domestic Context: Stretching the Social Fabric?

   • Shaun Breslin

   Pages 157-189

9. Conclusions

   • Shaun Breslin

   Pages 190-201

10. Afterword: The Global Crisis and China’s Place in the Global Political Economy

    • Shaun Breslin

    Pages 202-210

11. Back Matter

    Pages 211-256

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This IPE Classic considers one of the most pressing issues of the Twenty-First century: the relationship between domestic configurations of power and globalized production processes in shaping the process and implications of China's re-engagement with the global economy.

• economy
• globalization
• political economy
• socialism
• transition

"One of the subsidiary themes of Shaun Breslin's book is the unreliability of statistics about China. But where most authors simply note this, he explains some of the reasons and tries to provide some more accurate figures, particularly for understanding foreign investment in and trade with China...This is one of the most useful books on China's economic development before the world recession that I have read for some time." - Chalie Hore, International Socialism Magazine

"Breslin's book is targeted at International Relations (IR) and International Political Economy (IPE) scholars, yet it has a refreshing take on the story often told about China from within IR and IPE. This is because Breslin integrates his understanding of the China case from within Chinese area studies with a critical, non-statist IPE or New Political Economy framework. The result is a much-needed bridgehead between Chinese area studies and IPE, as well as a case for what Breslin calls a somewhat 'revisionist' understanding of China's global economic role...Breslin's book is informed by what he calls a view of China from the inside looking out." - Millenium, Journal of International Studies

• Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK

  Shaun Breslin

Shaun Breslin is Professor of Politics and International Studies and Director of the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick, UK. He is also Senior Scientist with GR:EEN and Associate Fellow at the Chatham House China Programme.

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