Kent G. Deng - China’s Political Economy in Modern Times: Changes and economic consequences, 1800–2000

Chinas Political Economy in Modern Times

This book makes an important contribution to the study of changes in Chinas institutions and their impact on the national economy, as well as ordinary peoples daily material life from 1800 to 2000.

Kent Deng reveals Chinas mega-cycle of prosperitypovertyprosperity without the usual attribution to the 1840 Opium War, or the alleged population pressure, class struggle and Oriental Despotism. The book challenges the conventional view on rebellions, revolutions and their alleged motivations and outcomes. Its findings separate commonly circulated myth from reality based on solid evidence and careful evaluation. The benchmark used by the author is peoples entitlement and mundane day-to-day material well-being, instead of the stereotype of aggregates of industrial hardware and national GDP.

Chinas Political Economy in Modern Times proves that state-building was the prime mover in Chinas modern history. Contrary to the popular belief in mass movement, Deng shows convincingly that changes were in most cases imposed by a minority with external help. Therefore, the quality of the state was unpredictable, seen from the anti-state that cost lives and economic growth.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese politics, Chinese economics, Chinese history and the Chinese political economy.

Kent Deng is a Reader in Economic History at the London School of Economics, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, UK.

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