China and the Global Political Economy

SHAUN BRESLIN is Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK, and Associate Fellow of the Asia Research Centre at Murdoch University, Australia. He is author of China in the 1980s: Centre-Province Relations in a Reforming Socialist State, Mao, and with Rod Hague and Martin Harrop, Comparative Government and Politics

'One of the subsidiary themes of Shaun Breslin's book is the unreliability of statistics about China. But where most authors simply note this, he explains some of the reasons and tries to provide some more accurate figures, particularly for understanding foreign investment in and trade with China...This is one of the most useful books on China's economic development before the world recession that I have read for some time' - Chalie Hore, International Socialism Magazine 'Breslin's book is targeted at International Relations (IR) and International Political Economy (IPE) scholars, yet it has a refreshing take on the story often told about China from within IR and IPE. This is because Breslin integrates his understanding of the China case from within Chinese area studies with a critical, non-statist IPE or New Political Economy framework. The result is a much-needed bridgehead between Chinese area studies and IPE, as well as a case for what Breslin calls a somewhat 'revisionist' understanding of China's global economic role...Breslin's book is informed by what he calls a view of China from the inside looking out' - Millenium, Journal or International Studies

• Introduction: China - Yes, But... Studying China in an Era of Globalization The Transition from Socialism: An Embedded Socialist Compromise? Re-Engagement with the Global Economy Beyond Bilateralism: What the Statistics Don't Tell Us Interpreting Chinese "Power" in the Global Political Economy The Domestic Context: Stretching the Social Fabric? Conclusions