The Political Economy of China's Provinces is the first book to use the concept of competitive advantage in the context of Chinese provincial studies. On the basis of seven case studies, it charts different provincial paths of economic and political development, and analyzes how individual provinces use their comparative and competitive advantages to formulate strategies in inter-provincial competition. This is a radical new approach which contests the idea that it is safe to regard what happens in one province as representative for the whole country. It is a companion volume to China's Provinces in Reform, edited by David Goodman (Routledge, 1997), and makes available the most thorough data on contemporary Chinese provinces.
Author(s): H. Hendrischke
Edition: 1
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 304
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of figures......Page 8
List of maps......Page 9
List of tables......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
List of abbreviations......Page 13
1 Provinces in competition: region, identity and cultural construction......Page 14
2 Selling Guizhou: cultural development in an era of marketisation......Page 44
3 Shaanxi: the search for comparative advantage......Page 86
4 Uneven development: prosperity and poverty in Jiangsu......Page 126
5 Hubei: rising abruptly over central China?......Page 168
6 Tianjin – quiet achiever?......Page 196
7 King Coal and Secretary Hu: Shanxi's third modernisation......Page 224
8 Jiangxi in reform: the fear of exclusion and the search for a new identity......Page 262
Index......Page 290
