Commerce And Capitalism In Chinese Societies

Author : Gary G. Hamilton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134729364

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Commerce and Capitalism in Chinese Societies by Gary G. Hamilton Pdf

This informative book discusses the effects of the rise of Chinese capitalism on both China itself, and on its neighbours. Incorporating empirical data collated from interviews in several Asian societies and from historical Chinese sources, this renowned author analyzes, discusses and applies an institutional approach derived from the writings of Max Weber to explore the various aspects of Chinese economic practice. Consisting of sixteen articles that come together to provide historical, comparative and theoretically informed perspectives on the spread of Chinese capitalism, this collection emphasizes the difference between Western and Chinese forms of capitalism. Including sections on China's pre-industrial economy as well as the growth of modern Chinese capitalism, this collection will be a valuable resource for students of Asian and Chinese studies as well as those concerned with the economics of Chinese societies.

Author : Kwok-bun Chan,Tak-sing Cheung,Agnes Ku
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047442516

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Chinese Capitalisms by Kwok-bun Chan,Tak-sing Cheung,Agnes Ku Pdf

The annual is a venue of publication for sociological studies of Chinese societies and the Chinese all over the world. The main focus is on social transformations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, Singapore and Chinese overseas.

Author : Brian C. Folk,K. S. Jomo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134389308

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Ethnic Business by Brian C. Folk,K. S. Jomo Pdf

The role of ethnic Chinese business in Southeast Asia in catalyzing economic development has been hotly debated - and often misunderstood - throughout cycles of boom and bust. This book critically examines some of the key features attributed to Chinese business: business-government relations, the family firm, trust and networks, and supposed 'Asian' values. The in-depth case studies that feature in the book reveal considerable diversity among these firms and the economic and political networks in which they manoeuvre. With contributions from leading scholars and under the impressive editorship of Jomo and Folk, Ethnic Business is a well-written, important contribution to not only students of Asian business and economics, but also professionals with an interest in those areas.

Author : Gordon Redding
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783110887709

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The Spirit of Chinese Capitalism by Gordon Redding Pdf

Author : Yos Santasombat
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814818384

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Chinese Capitalism and Economic Integration in Southeast Asia by Yos Santasombat Pdf

China’s rise exerts a powerful pull on ASEAN economies and constitutes an impetus for a resinicization of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. China has become a skilled practitioner of “commercial diplomacy”, and as long as it continues to lead the way in regional integration, China’s state-led capitalism will seek to integrate itself into the ASEAN Economic Community. This in effect becomes China’s essential strategy of desecuritization for the region. With increasing trade and investment between China and ASEAN countries, the ethnic Chinese economic elites have managed to serve as “connectors and bridges” between the two sides, and benefited in the process from joint ventures and business investments. The impact of new Chinese Capitalism on SMEs, however, has not been equally positive. As China rises, Southeast Asia has witnessed increased complexity and variations of “hybrid capitalism”, including alliances between state-led capitalism, transnational entrepreneurs emanating from China’s “going out” policy and ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia. Three main forms of Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia are neoliberal capitalism, flexible capitalism and Confucian capitalism. These intermingle into a range of local varieties under different socio-economic conditions.

Author : Robert W. Hefner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429978685

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Market Cultures by Robert W. Hefner Pdf

Market Cultures examines the spectacular growth of capitalist enterprise among overseas Chinese and Southeast Asians. It does so, not through formal models, but by way of the varied cultures and organizations in which Asian capitalism is embedded. Eschewing talk of a uniform Asian miracle, the book shows that there existed complex precedents for

Author : Y. Chu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230251359

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Chinese Capitalisms by Y. Chu Pdf

In Chinese Capitalisms , experts examine the rise of capitalism on China and Taiwan, analyzing impacts exerted by global capitalism, Chinese civilization, and remnants of socialist practice. In focusing on these, they also address longstanding issues such as Weber's China Thesis, state-business relationships, and China's civil society, among others.

Author : Gary G. Hamilton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134729371

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Commerce and Capitalism in Chinese Societies by Gary G. Hamilton Pdf

Consisting of sixteen articles which together provide historical, comparative and theoretically informed perspectives on the spread of Chinese capitalism, this collection emphasizes the difference between Western and Chinese forms of capitalism.

Author : Gordon Redding,Michael A. Witt
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191647925

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The Future of Chinese Capitalism by Gordon Redding,Michael A. Witt Pdf

Much has been said about the re-emergence of China to its historical position of eminence in the world economy, yet little is understood about the kind of economic system China is evolving. What are the rules of the game of business in today's China, and how are they likely to change over the next decades? The answers to these questions are crucial to business persons formulating strategy toward China, but also for policy-makers concerned with retaining the competitiveness of their nations in the face of Chinese competition and for researchers seeking to gain deeper insights into the workings of economic systems and institutional change. Written by two leading experts in the field, this book sheds much-needed light on these questions. Building on recent conceptual and empirical advances, and rich in concrete examples, it offers a comprehensive and systematic exploration of present-day Chinese capitalism, its component parts, and their interdependencies. It suggests that Chinese capitalism, as practiced today, in many respects represents a development from traditional business practices, whose revival has been greatly aided by the influx of investments and managerial talent from the Regional Ethnic Chinese. On the basis of present trends in the Chinese economy as well as through comparison with five major types of capitalism - those of France, Germany, Japan, Korea, and the United States - the book derives a prediction of the probable development paths of Chinese capitalism and its likely competitive strengths and weaknesses.

Author : Leo Douw,Cen Huang,Michael R. Godley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136178405

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Qiaoxiang Ties by Leo Douw,Cen Huang,Michael R. Godley Pdf

First Published in 1999. This volume is a product of the research programme of the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, entitled International Social Organization in East and Southeast Asia: Qiaoxiang Ties during the Twentieth Century. The programme will run from 1996-2000 (for a fuller description, please see the Appendix chapter). The book was prepared during a workshop at the International Convention of Asian Scholars, 25-8 June 1997, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands.

Author : Francis Fukuyama
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781439107478

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Trust by Francis Fukuyama Pdf

In his bestselling The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama argued that the end of the Cold War would also mean the beginning of a struggle for position in the rapidly emerging order of 21st-century capitalism. In Trust, a penetrating assessment of the emerging global economic order "after History," he explains the social principles of economic life and tells us what we need to know to win the coming struggle for world dominance. Challenging orthodoxies of both the left and right, Fukuyama examines a wide range of national cultures in order to divine the underlying principles that foster social and economic prosperity. Insisting that we cannot divorce economic life from cultural life, he contends that in an era when social capital may be as important as physical capital, only those societies with a high degree of social trust will be able to create the flexible, large-scale business organizations that are needed to compete in the new global economy. A brilliant study of the interconnectedness of economic life with cultural life, Trust is also an essential antidote to the increasing drift of American culture into extreme forms of individualism, which, if unchecked, will have dire consequences for the nation's economic health.

Author : Tang Lixing
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351612999

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Merchants and Society in Modern China by Tang Lixing Pdf

In ancient China, as the lowermost class in the social hierarchy, merchants were viewed as greedy and immoral, commanding little respect. But since the sixteenth century, when China entered modern times with the sprout of capitalism, merchants have become a strong force to transform the ancient society. By absorbing methods of anthropology, psychology, geography, and economics, as well as cultural and genealogical studies, this book explores the development and rise of the merchant in modern China. To start with, it examines the golden times of the merchant and the dilemmas facing them in the two-millennia-long traditional society where the "pro-agriculture and anti-commerce" policy was implemented. With the economic development, merchant groups gradually came into being and formed a vibrant social class in the modern era. Major merchant groups, their psychological integration, and the interaction between merchants and capitalism in China are specifically studied. Also, merchants’ role in the communal life is analyzed, including their contribution to the making and expansion of modern communities, which led to China’s social transformation. With a multi-faceted description of Chinese merchants whose development interweaves with the transformation of the ancient country, this book will appeal to scholars and students in economics, history, sociology, and cultural studies. Readers interested in Chinese culture and social history will also be attracted by it.

Author : Tang Lixing
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351612968

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Merchants and Society in Modern China by Tang Lixing Pdf

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, merchants in China were incorporated into the bourgeoisie and constituted a vital part of the upstart capitalists. The lowermost class in ancient China’s social hierarchy has thus become a strong force of social transformation in the modern era. From the angle of the interaction between the merchant and modern society, this book examines the factors behind the rise of the merchant class in China, in terms of its cultural traits, inner structure, and business modes. First, it analyzes the features and historical standings of merchant culture which came into existence on the basis of reworking and integrating Neo-Confucianism. It argues that merchant culture pushed China’s early enlightenment movement to a new level. Then the rise of the bourgeoisie and their role in the evolution of modern Chinese society are studied thoroughly. More importantly, by examining the "golden age" of the merchant after the 1911 Revolution and its end brought by the Northern Expedition, this book studies the dilemmas faced by Chinese merchants. Finally, it probes into the reasons why it was hard for China to go beyond modern society, that is, completing the transition from commodity economy to capitalist economy. This book will deepen the understanding of China’s merchant class and modern Chinese society. Scholars and students in economics, history, sociology, and cultural studies will be attracted by it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : China
ISBN : IND:30000123159703

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Social Transformations in Chinese Societies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Souchou Yao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136128028

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Confucian Capitalism by Souchou Yao Pdf

The discourse of Confucian Capitalism has been crucial in shaping our understanding of the brilliant economic successes of the Chinese diaspora all over the world. From this perspective, hard work, family values, and communal cohesion, as well as business practices based on sentiment, trust, and social networks, are the legendary means of explaining the wealth and commercial talent of these remarkable people. The book examines the subject of Chinese business' by exposing the enduring myth about the determining effects of these values and practices supposedly derived from Confucianism. Such myth relies on an ahistorical and essentialised notion of Chinese Culture', and brings into focus three sites of controversy: the economically driven Chinese subject, work-place relations characterised by consensus and cultural sharing, and an operating ethos of collectivist, pre-capitalist sociality. In its interrogation of the discourse of Confucian capitalism, it is the aim of this book to arrive at a critically informed and socially realistic understanding of Chinese business. The author combines abstract analysis with examples from anthropological fieldwork among Chinese traders in Sarawak, East Malaysia. By anchoring theoretical discussion to real case-studies, the multi-disciplinary approach of this book offers a useful insight into Chinese business activities, and contributes to current debates in cultural studies, economic anthropology, the economic performance of overseas Chinese, and neo-Confucian societies more generally.