| The Politics of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization: The Dragon Goes Global Contributor(s): Feng, Hui (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415369215 ISBN-13: 9780415369213 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: China's accession to the World Trade Organization marked a major milestone in the country's return to the international economic regime. However, although much research has been carried out into the economic impact of China's WTO membership, Chinese policy making processes have in the main been ignored. The Politics of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization tackles this omission by providing an "inside" look at Chinese WTO accession negotiations and establishing a systematic political economy model in analyzing Beijing's decision making mechanisms. Grounded on a series of interviews with Chinese government officials directly involved in the policymaking process, the book argues that China's WTO policy making is a state-led, leadership driven, and top-down process. Feng explores how China's determined political elite partly bypassed and partly restructured a largely reluctant and resistant bureaucracy, under constant pressure from an increasingly globalized international. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | International - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 382.920 |
| LCCN: 2005006005 |
| Series: Routledge Contemporary China |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.2" W x 9.5" (1.00 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Grounded on a series of first-hand interviews with Chinese government officials, this book examines China's accession to the World Trade Organization, providing an 'inside' look at Chinese WTO accession negotiations. Presenting a systematic political economy model in analyzing Beijing's decision-making mechanisms, the book argues that China's WTO policy making is a state-led, leadership driven, and top-down process. Feng explores how China's determined political elite partly bypassed and partly restructured a largely reluctant and resistant bureaucracy, under constant pressure from an increasingly globalized international system. By addressing China's accession to the WTO from a political analysis perspective, the book provides a theoretically informed and intriguing examination of China's foreign economic policy making regime. The book highlights contemporary debates relating to state and institutionalist theory and provides new and useful insights into a significant development of this century. |