TY - BOOK AU - Pei,Minxin TI - China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy SN - 9780674021952 AV - JQ1516 -- P44 2006eb U1 - 338.951 PY - 2009///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Democracy KW - China KW - HISTORY / Asia / China KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; ONE. Why Transitions Get Trapped: A Theoretical Framework --; TWO. Democratizing China? --; THREE. Rent Protection and Dissipation: The Dark Side of Gradualism --; FOUR. Transforming the State: From Developmental to Predatory --; FIVE. China's Mounting Governance Deficits --; Conclusion --; Appendix. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index --; Appendix: Reported Cases of Local Mafia States --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - In a book sure to provoke debate, Minxin Pei examines the sustainability of the Chinese Communist Party's reform strategy--pursuing pro-market economic policies under one-party rule. Combining powerful insights with empirical research, China's Trapped Transitio offers a provocative assessment of China's future as a great power UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041981 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674041981 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674041981/original ER -