The political economy of development in china and Vietnam

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 395-419

  Malesky, Edmund ^a   London, Jonathan ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Authoritarian bargain; Beijing consensus; Economic growth; State led development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901036451     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-polisci-041811-150032     Document Type: Article

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