China's Changing Guanxi capitalism: Private entrepreneurs between Leninist control and relentless accumulation

Business and Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  McNally, Christopher A ^a  

^a Chaminade University   (United States)

Author keywords

capitalism; China; guanxi; political change; political economy; private entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052489421     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1339     Document Type: Article

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