China since 1978

by Reddy, ed. | originally published in: Economic & Political Weekly 27 dec

Special issue of EPW (vol 43 no. 52) on postsocialist capitalism in China, featuring articles by Ching Kwan Lee & Selden, Riskin, Bramall, Wang Shaoguang, Weil, Pun Ngai, Li Minqi, Dale Wen, Dic Lo & Yu Zhang. The EPW website doesn't have links to individual issues, & the "search" bar doesn't work, so select "search for issues" (on the left side of the main page), select 2008 & issue number 52, "search" & the issue should appear. The full texts of all the articles are attached there as PDF files. Only the China-related contents are listed below.

EDITORIAL: Where Is China Going?

CHINA SINCE 1978

Inequality and Its Enemies in Revolutionary and Reform China
Ching Kwan Lee , Mark Selden

Property Rights and the Social Costs of Transition and Development in China
Carl Riskin

Rural Industrialisation and Spatial Inequality in China, 1978-2006
Chris Bramall

Double Movement in China
Shaoguang Wang

A House Divided: China after 30 Years of 'Reforms'
Robert Weil

Light and Shadow of an Inarticulate Age: Reflections on China's Reform
Pun Ngai

Socialism, Capitalism, and Class Struggle: The Political Economy of Modern China
Minqi Li

China's Rural Reform: Crisis and Ongoing Debate
Dale Jiajun Wen

Globalisation Meets Its Match: Lessons from China's Economic Transformation
Dic Lo , Yu Zhang

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