Disinterring the Transition Debate in Maoist China

Sayonee Majumdar

Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, 2018, vol. 17, issue 1, 83-111

Abstract: Abstract This article tries to extricate the rationale behind China’s transition debate in the Maoist era (1949–1978). Using a re-casted theory of historical materialism (HM) to posit the shared ground of engagement of Chinese Marxists, I unpack the emergence of two competing development strategies for socialist transition, one which foregrounds forces of production (FOP) as the prime mover of this transition and the other class struggle to change relations of production (ROP) as the determining factor. I conclude by briefly discussing the shift from Mao Tse-tung to Deng Xiaoping’s era as a resolution of the development strategy in favour of the development of FOP as the key to China’s socialist transition.

Keywords: Socialist transition; political economy; collectives; class struggle; historical materialism; JEL: B14, O20, P26, P32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0976747918776387

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