Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2015.1026313
Title: Development lessons from China: a political-economic perspective on how neopatrimonial states may achieve high economic growth
Authors: Wu, Shangyuan 
Keywords: neopatrimonialism
China
economic growth
decentralisation
rent extraction
Issue Date: 18-May-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Citation: Wu, Shangyuan (2015-05-18). Development lessons from China: a political-economic perspective on how neopatrimonial states may achieve high economic growth. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement 36 (3) : 283-295. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2015.1026313
Abstract: Neopatrimonial politics is often deemed incompatible with high economic growth, as officials usurp public resources for personal gain. China, however, has managed o achieve high growth despite the presence of neopatrimonial practices. This article examines the Chinese bureaucracy as a new generation of leaders takes the helm, uncovering the sources of its neopatrimonial characteristics during the transition from a socialist regime to a market-based economy, and attributing its economic success to the specific nature of its rent extractions. China’s development offers lessons for other countries with neopatrimonial politics that seek alternative agendas to growth.
Source Title: Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/237430
ISSN: 0225-5189
2158-9100
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.2015.1026313
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