1st Edition

The Political Economy of Asian Transition from Communism

By Sujian Guo Copyright 2006
221 Pages
by Routledge

221 Pages
by Routledge

221 Pages
by Routledge

A comparative study of the political economy of the transition from communism in East and Southeast Asian countries (China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia), addressing the key theoretical questions generated from the debate between shock-therapists and gradualists. While accurately defining the pre-reform model, this book explores the causal variables that have contributed to reform... Read more
Contents: Introduction: patterns and explanations; Historical background and pre-transition models; Explaining Asian transition from communism; Strategic choices and sequencing of reform; The nature of Asian transition from communism; Redesigning market socialism: a future for socialism; Selected bibliography; Index.

Biography

Sujian Guo