Wealth into power

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
Tables and Figure......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 13
1 Introduction......Page 17
Explanations of democratization......Page 19
Consequences of Modernization......Page 20
Changes in Social Structure......Page 24
The Emergence of Civil Society......Page 29
The ccp’s strategy for survival......Page 34
Crony communism......Page 38
Precis of the book......Page 43
2 The Party’s Promotion of the Private Sector......Page 48
Indigenous development of china’s private sector......Page 49
Summary......Page 62
Township and Village Enterprises......Page 63
State-Owned Enterprises......Page 70
The Size of the Private Sector......Page 77
Local support for the private sector......Page 78
Conclusion......Page 80
3 Co-opting the Capitalists......Page 82
The political logic of co-optation......Page 83
The debate over co-opting entrepreneurs in china......Page 86
The ccp’s strategy for recruiting private entrepreneurs......Page 95
Growing Numbers of Red Capitalists......Page 99
Assessing the CCP’s Strategy for Co-optation......Page 102
Motivations for Joining and Not Joining the CCP......Page 109
Conclusion......Page 115
4 Bridges and Branches: The CCP’s Institutional Links to the Private Sector......Page 117
The corporatist logic of china’s business associations: the party’s bridge to the private sector......Page 118
Official Business Associations......Page 124
Self-Organized Business Associations......Page 132
Building party branches in the private sector......Page 135
Paternalistic Party Building......Page 136
Challenges of Party Building......Page 137
Structural Factors......Page 139
Ambivalence of Workers......Page 140
Attitudes of Entrepreneurs......Page 143
Management of Party Building......Page 147
Summary......Page 149
Conclusion......Page 150
5 Views on the Economic, Political,
and Social Environments......Page 152
The pace, process, and extent of reforms......Page 154
Consequences of growth......Page 162
The business environment......Page 169
Overall life satisfaction......Page 176
Conclusion......Page 179
6 Private Entrepreneurs in Public Service: Participation in China’s Formal Political Institutions......Page 183
The growing prominence of entrepreneurs in politics in china......Page 184
Election and selection processes......Page 190
Explaining political participation by china’s entrepreneurs......Page 192
Political Characteristics......Page 193
Individual and Firm Characteristics......Page 195
Cultural Factors......Page 196
People’s Congresses......Page 198
People’s Political Consultative Conferences......Page 201
Village Elections......Page 205
Multiple Posts......Page 211
Summary......Page 212
Conclusion......Page 213
7 The Ripple Effects of Privatization: Corruption, Inequality, and Charity......Page 215
The spread of corruption......Page 216
Official Profiteering and Bureaucratic Commerce......Page 220
Asset Stripping and Insider Buyouts......Page 222
Land Grabs......Page 223
Bribes......Page 227
Inequality......Page 233
Charitable work among china’s entrepreneurs......Page 240
Conclusion......Page 251
8 Conclusion......Page 253
Prospects for change......Page 256
The future of the party......Page 260
Future implications......Page 266
Appendix: Survey Design......Page 271
Bibliography......Page 275
Index......Page 289