Peter M. Lichtenstein

China at the Brink

The Political Economy of Reform and Retrenchment in the Post-Mao Era

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Produktbeschreibung

As a Western economist studying and working abroad, Peter M. Lichtenstein witnessed first-hand China's tumultuous cycle of reform and retrenchment in the 1980s. From the early euphoric stage to the last and most brutal episode, Lichtenstein's book describes and explains the economics behind this cycle and ties together the economic, political, and cultural aspects of the reform era. The book also chronicles the achievements, problems, events and political controversies that led up to the Tiananmen Square debacle and the subsequent retrenchment away from the broad goals of reform. Organized chronologically, this work begins by detailing the reasons for the economic reform movement upon the death of Mao in 1976. In the mid-1980s those reforms began to encounter serious difficulties--Lichtenstein explains what these difficulties were and why they arose. He also describes how, in the summer of 1988, the conservative hardliners were able to regain political power from the reformers, setting the stage for what would happen eight months later in Tiananmen Square. Following this is an analysis of the development of the basic positions of the Chinese left and right, and Lichtenstein's first-hand observations of the retrenchment following Tiananmen. Concluding with a retrospective look at the reforms and retrenchment, this work will be of interest to professors and students of political science, international relations, economics, contemporary Asian history, and China in particular. It will also appeal to the intelligent layperson with an interest in current affairs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9780275940522
• ISBN-10: 0275940527
• Artikelnr.: 25569148

Autorenporträt

PETER M. LICHTENSTEIN is Chairman of the Economics Department and Professor of Economics at Boise State Unviersity. He was a Fulbright Scholar in the People's Republic of China during 1986 and 1987, living and working at Nankai University, Tianjin. He returned to China three times as a World Bank program consultant, once during the pro-democracy movement in 1989. He specializes in comparative economic systems.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Fifty Days in the Spring of 1989: A Tiananmen
Retrospective The Rise and Fall of Chinese Reforms The Maoist Era and the
Reform Imperative The Reform Era: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
Chinese Reforms on the Rocks From Reform to Retrenchment: China's Great
Leap Backward The Political Economy of Chinese Reforms A Primer on the
Politics of Left and Right in the 1980s Reform, Power, Crisis and
Retrenchment Conclusions Chinese Reforms in Retrospect Bibliography Index