Tsai, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and Johns Hopkins University, author of Capitalism without Democracy: This innovative and sophisticated book is an outstanding contribution not only to the study of Chinese economic development but also to the long-running debate on the role of institutions in economic development." In this book, instead of asking the usual question-How has China developed despite having low-quality institutions?-Yuen Yuen Ang asks how China has used those institutions to kick-start economic development, which then set off a mutually reinforcing cycle between institutional development and economic development. "Sometimes the best way to answer a difficult question is to ask a different question. Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge, author of Kicking Away the Ladder and Economics: Theoretically, her systematic engagement with diverse literatures circumvents disagreement over which came first, democracy or development, to make a field-shifting move to non-linear complex processes." "Ang's project contributes to multiple debates, including but not limited to China. "Ang's book contains a very compelling account of how the Chinese bureaucracy has evolved in ways that promote growth during the past thirty-five years."
Its lessons apply far beyond China’s borders."ĭaniel Berkowitz, University of Pittsburgh: "This book is a triumph, opening a window onto the political economy of China’s astonishing rise that takes as its starting point systems and complexity.
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