Part 1: China and the West over the long-term 1. Convergence and divergence in the long-run development of China and the West 2. How China sees the West Part 2: The two-edged sword of capitalist globalization 3. The rationality of capitalism 4. The irrationality of capitalism Part 3: The Communist Party of China, parliamentary democracy and the Ancien Régime 5. The Communist Party of China and parliamentary democracy 6. The Communist Party of China and the Ancien Régime
Biography
Peter Nolan is Director of the China Centre, Jesus College; Founding Director, Centre of Development Studies; Chong Hua Professor in Chinese Development (Emeritus); Director of the China Executive Leadership Programme; and a Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge. In 2009 he was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) 'for services supporting China’s integration into the global economy'.
