Market Reforms in Socialist Societies: Comparing China and Hungary
Peter Van Ness, editor| | | ISBN: 978-15587-096-6 $45.00 |
| 1989/323 pages/LC: 88-34563 |
DESCRIPTION
The economic problems that both Hungary and China have experienced are in many ways representative of a common set of serious difficulties faced by the entire communist world. Thus, the market reforms that have been designed to solve those problems may provide answers that are widely applicable to socialist command economies in general. In this book, eminent Chinese and Hungarian scholars evaluate the present status of market reforms in their countries and assess their own and each other's problems and achievements. Commentaries by U.S. specialists are also included. Although the authors primarily reflect the reform position—some are reform leaders, others are academic proponents of reform—alternative positions are represented as well.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter Van Ness is associate professor in the Contemporary China Center, Australian National University. He is author of Revolution and Chinese Foreign Policy, as well as numerous articles and book chapters on China, and is on the editorial board of the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars.
CONTENTS
- Introduction—P. Van Ness.
- HUNGARY.
- The Introduction and Evolution of Planning in Hungary—G. Ranki.
- Market Mechanism Reforms in Hungary—P. Marer.
- Some Lessons from the Hungarian Experience for Chinese Reformers—J. Kornai.
- Problems and Perspectives on Market Reforms in Hungary: A Comment on Ranki, Marer, and Kornai—G. Barany.
- CHINA.
- China's Market Reforms in Comparative Perspective—J. Chen.
- Dilemmas of Socialist Development: An Analysis of Strategic Lines in China, 1949-1981—P. Van Ness and S. Raichur.
- Market Reforms and Human Rights in China—S.C. Thomas.
- A Chinese View of the Reform of the Economic Mechanism in Hungary: A Comment—Su Shaozhi.
- SOCIALIST REFORMS AND THE WORLD MARKET ECONOMY.
- The Political Economy of the Soviet Bloc—V. Bunce.
- The Cost of Self-Reliance: The Case of China—W. Loehr and P. Van Ness.
- China's Open Door Policy, 1978-1984—G. Huan.
- International Economic Strategies, the State, and Domestic Society: A Comment—J. Caporaso.
- Conclusion—J. Edelstein.
"Belongs in the library of anyone interested in the economic reform project and reform process in China and Eastern Europe." —The Journal of Asian Studies
"These essays examine what China and Hungary have in common and offer a new way of understanding contemporary socialism."—Choice