Commodifying Communism : Business, Trust, and Politics in a Chinese City (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. Orientation of the study; 2. Institutional commodification: concepts and categories of analysts; Part I. Instituted Processes of Commercial Clientelism: 3. The structure of commercial opportunity of Xiamen; 4. Symbiotic transactions between private firms and public units; 5. Enhancing expectations: the social organization of contracts; 6. Entrepreneurial paths and capital: personal attributes as competitive advantage; Part II. Economic and Political Outcomes: 7. Comparing economic performance in China and Eastern Europe; 8. The transformation of political order; 9. Epilogue: evolutionary trends in the 1990s.