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RECONCILING SOCIALISM WITH THE MARKET:
THE “PRIVATIZATION” DEBATES IN CHINA (1993-2002)
by
Yayoi Kato
___________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(POLITICAL SCIENCE)
December 2008
Copyright 2008 Yayoi Kato
Object Description
| Title | Reconciling socialism with the market: the "privatization" debates in China (1993-2002) |
| Author | Kato, Yayoi |
| Author email | kato@usc.edu; k_yayoi@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Science |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-09-12 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-12-06 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Rosen, Stanley |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Crigler, Ann Lynch, Daniel |
| Abstract | This dissertation examines the role of ideology and its interaction with market principles in China's reform policy making process. Through the content analysis of internal publications, this research analyzes the policy debates over the treatment of the private economy (the ownership reform) and the property rights/shareholding reforms during the Jiang Zemin era from 1993 to 2002. The emphasis of the analysis lies on how the central policy makers adjusted socialist ideology according to the changing market conditions at local levels, such as the emergence and expansion of the private economy and private ownership. The 10 years of the reform debates reveal a painful process during which the Chinese state slowly -- and often reluctantly -- relinquished its control over economic affairs, leaving their management in the hands of private entities and market forces. After the chronological descriptions of the debate process of each reform issue area, the dissertation determines which of the two factors -- socialist ideology or market principles -- was more important in deciding the direction of these "privatization" debate processes. The two competing hypotheses—the ideology-driven and market condition-driven debates -- are tested with the content analysis data. This research also examines the top leaders' role in controlling the reform debate as well as the reform process itself using ideology as a political resource, and illuminates ideology's enduring importance, its changing core principles, and its function for the reform process and the maintenance of the political system. Through these examinations, this dissertation research attempts to understand some of the key mechanisms of China's political and economic system called "socialist market economy" or "socialism with Chinese characteristics." |
| Keyword | Chinese politics; private economy; private enterprises; property rights reform; privatization; reform debate; market transition; socialist market economy; socialism with Chinese characteristic |
| Geographic subject (country) | China |
| Coverage date | 1993/2002 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1882 |
| Rights | Kato, Yayoi |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Kato-2483 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Kato-2483.pdf |
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| Full text | RECONCILING SOCIALISM WITH THE MARKET: THE “PRIVATIZATION” DEBATES IN CHINA (1993-2002) by Yayoi Kato ___________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (POLITICAL SCIENCE) December 2008 Copyright 2008 Yayoi Kato |
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