ORIGINS and Strengthening of Institutional Change: the Chinese Case

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Abstract: Without necessarily reduce it to a single cause, this article lays stress on the cultural foundations of the Chinese postsocialist transformation. The process began with what we call a «cultural shock» brought about the opening of the country and took the form of an ideological aggiornamento. Henceforth Chinese authorities attach more importance to the economy than the ideology. Deep changes occurred at all levels of Chinese economic system. Besides it is this process which allows the institutional consolidation.

Keywords: Chine; Changement institutionnel; Culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P30 B52 P51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cna, nep-his, nep-soc and nep-tra
Date: 2008-05-12
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