Bureaucracy Econ & Leadership China: The Institutional Origins of the Great Leap Forward - Softcover

Bachman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521032334 ISBN 13: 9780521032339

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Bureaucracy, Economy, and Leadership in China This study examines the origins of the Great Leap Forward, a programme of economic reform that must be considered one of the great tragedies of Communist China.

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Review:

'Bachman's arguments, supported by superb and exhaustive research in available Chinese-language and Western source materials, are strong and seldom overstated ... This is a work of innovative scholarship of high quality on issues of central concern to the study of contemporary China.' William Kirby, Washington University

'This is clearly a superb piece of scholarship. It is a major contribution to the literature on the period, and also to the literature on the political economy of the PRC. Because of the rather novel perspective applied, it is not a mere linear 'improvement' on existing works on the GLF, but an entirely new study to provide new insights.' Michael Schoenhals, Swedish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Book Description:

This study examines the origins of the Great Leap Forward (GLF), a programme of economic reform that must be considered one of the great tragedies of Communist China. While standard accounts interpret the GLF as chiefly the brainchild of Mao Zedong and as a radical rejection of more moderate reform proposals, Bachman proposes a provocative reinterpretation stressing the role of bureaucracy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521032334
• ISBN 13: 9780521032339
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288