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.
This IPE Classic analyses the way in which China has become integrated into the global political economy and the implications for domestic Chinese politics, as well as the rest of the world
Foreword; Timothy M. Shaw 1. Introduction: China - Yes, But... 2. Studying China in an Era of Globalization 3. The Transition from Socialism: An Embedded Socialist Compromise? 4. Re-Engagement with the Global Economy 5. Beyond Bilateralism: What the Statistics Don't Tell Us 6. Interpreting Chinese "Power" in the Global Political Economy 7. The Domestic Context: Stretching the Social Fabric? 8. Conclusions Afterword