Paradoxes of China's economic boom

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 35, Issue , 2009, Pages 371-392

  Whyte, Martin King ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Developmental state; Market reforms; Postsocialist transition; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149113083     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-070308-115905     Document Type: Article

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