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Breslin, Shaun (2008) Why growth equals power - and why it shouldn't : constructing visions of China. Journal of Asian Public Policy, Vol.1 (No.1). pp. 3-17. doi:10.1080/17516230701835906 ISSN 1751-6234.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17516230701835906
Abstract
When discussing the success of China's transition from socialism, there is a tendency to focus on growth figures as an indication of performance. Whilst these figures are
indeed impressive, we should not confuse growth with development and assume that the former necessarily automatically generates the latter. Much has been done to
reduce poverty in China, but the task is not as complete as some observers would suggest; particularly in terms of access to health, education and welfare, and also in
dealing with relative (rather than absolute) depravation and poverty. Visions of China have been constructed that exaggerate Chinese development and power in the global
system partly to serve political interests, but partly due to the failure to consider the relationship between growth and development, partly due to the failure to disaggregate
who gets what in China, and partly due to the persistence of inter-national conceptions of globalised production, trade, and financial flows.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | China -- Economic conditions, Economic development -- China | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Asian Public Policy | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1751-6234 | ||||
Official Date: | March 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.1 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 3-17 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/17516230701835906 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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