In Search of China's Development Model

S. Philip Hsu is Executive Director at the Center for China Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University. Yu-Shan Wu is director of the Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica, Taiwan and jointly appointed professor at the Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University. Suisheng Zhao is Professor and Executive Director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver.

• Part 1: Overview 1. In Search of China’s Development Model 2. The Myth of the Beijing Consensus 3. The China Model of Development Part 2: The Economic Dimension 4. China’s Industrial Capitalism 5. Can China Sustain Rapid Growth Despite Flawed Institutions? Part 3: Political Dimension 6. From a Socialist State to a Developmental State 7. Balancing Developmental Needs with Vertical and Horizontal Power Competition in China 8. Law and the Beijing Consensus 9. Elite Recruitment and the Post-Totalitarian Developmental State Part 4: Socioeconomic Dimension 10. Who Consents to the “Beijing Consensus" 11. In Search of NGOs in Contemporary China 12. A Model of Adherence to No Model 13. Strengthening the Soft Discipline Constraint

"[T]he editors and contributors remind us to analyze China’s rise in relation to its internal political and socioeconomic challenges. This collection of essays is timely and informative, and should appeal to development economists, political scientists, and students interested in China’s future."- Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, Ph.D., Pace University in New York; Journal of International and Global Studies Vol. 3, No. 2 Spring 2012