Mаrkеt Economics аnd Politicаl Chаngе: Compаring Chinа аnd Mеxico
Publisher: Rowmаn & Littlеfiеld Publishеrs, Inc.
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1998-04-28
List price: $94.00
Does market liberalization promote democracy? The accepted answer from scholars, pundits, and politicians alike has been yes. However, the contributors to this innovative study of market reforms and political change in Mexico and the People’s Republic of China argue that this easy equation is not only empirically uncertain but methodologically flawed. Using comparative contextual analysis, the contributors carefully identify the elective affinities between these two very different polities to reveal key variables that determine how markets will affect democracy, particularly law as the "...