China's transformation the success story and the success trap

Includes index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- China's reforms : overview and a view from below -- Development strategy and the countryside -- The hela, wuxi : transformation of the land of rice and fish -- State and party : agencies of reforms -- Local state and the agency trap -- The party and its governing capacity -- Effects on people -- Tves as catalysts in China's success story : why were they abandoned? -- Prosperity and problems in the countryside -- Clearing clouds in half the sky : women in the success trap -- Social sector achievements and crisis : health, family planning and education -- Learning from China's development : lessons for global transformation -- Glossary -- Index -- About the author.