The Beijing Consensus?: How China Has Changed Western Ideas of Law and Economic Development

Cambridge University Press, 4/27/2017
EAN 9781107138438, ISBN10: 1107138434

Hardcover, 346 pages, 23.6 x 16 x 2.5 cm
Language: English

Is there a distinctive Chinese model for law and economic development? In The Beijing Consensus scholars turn their collective attention to answer this basic but seemingly under-explored question as China rises higher in its global standing. Advancing debates on alternative development programs, with a particular focus on social and political contexts, this book demonstrates that essentially, no model exists. Engaging in comparative studies, the contributors create a new set of benchmarks to evaluate the conventional wisdom that the Beijing Consensus challenges and that of the Beijing Consensus itself. Has China demonstrated that the best model is in fact no model at all? Overall, this title equips the reader with an understanding of the conclusions derived from China's experience in its legal and economic development in recent decades.

Introduction
debating the consensuses Weitseng Chen
Part I. Deconstructing the Beijing Consensus
1. Dialogus de Beijing Michael W. Dowdle and Mariana Mota Prado
2. Imagining China
Brazil, labor and the limits of an anti-model Jedidiah Kroncke
3. The Beijing consensus and possible lessons from the 'Singapore Model'? Tan Cheng-Han
Part II. Examining the Beijing Consensus in Context
4. The legal maladies of 'federalism, Chinese-style' Wei Cui
5. Lessons from Chinese growth
re-thinking the role of property rights in development Frank K. Upham
6. Size matters? Renminbi internationalization and the Beijing consensus Weitseng Chen
7. A Chinese model for tax reforms in developing countries? Ji Li
8. The Chinese model for securities law Yingmao Tang
Part III. Revisiting the Beijing Consensus
9. Authoritarian justice in China
is there a 'Chinese Model'? Benjamin L. Liebman
10. China's striking anti-corruption adventure
a political journey towards the rule of law? Hualing Fu
11. Chinese corporate capitalism in comparative context Curtis J. Milhaupt.