Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Tabulations -- List of Figures -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Economic Transition and the Case of China -- Big Bang and Incremental Approaches to Transition -- Big Bang and Incremental Views of China's Success -- Political Studies on Reforms -- Alternative Explanation of China's Reforms: Strategies for Overcoming Constraints -- A Synopsis of the Chapters -- 2 Non-State Sectors Policies, 1978 to Present -- Policies toward Rural Enterprises -- Policies toward Private Businesses -- Policies toward Foreign and Joint Ventures -- 3 Managing Elite Conflict and Policy Cycles -- Top Leadership and Factionalism -- Reformist Strategy of Overcoming Opposition -- China's Political Business Cycles -- Views on Sources of Cycles in Post-Mao China -- From Elite Division to Policy Cycles -- Factional Conflict and Dynamics of Cycles -- Features of Cycles -- Conclusion: Cycles and Reformist Approach to Elite Conflict -- 4 Installing Technocratic Young Leaders -- The Formation and Power of the Politburo -- Changes in the Politburo and Implications -- Conclusion -- 5 Selective and Showcase Liberalization -- The Early Years of the Open Policy -- Existing Explanations of the Open Policy -- Environment, Initiatives, Patronage, and Strategy -- Politics of Selecting the First Open Areas -- Consolidating the Open Policy -- Conclusion -- 6 Extending the Open Policy -- Existing Explanations -- Other Explanations -- Conclusion -- 7 Provincial Reform Initiatives -- Significance of Provinces and Provincial Differences in Policies -- Possible Explanations -- Effects of National Policies on the Provincial Policies -- Conclusion -- 8 Divergent Reform Paths in Two Provinces -- Methodology for Comparative Studies -- Provinces for Comparison -- Evolution of Policies toward Non-State Sectors in Shandong and Jilin.

Causes of Divergence in Reform Policies -- Conclusion -- 9 How China's Leaders Made Reforms Happen -- China's Reform Strategies -- Flaws in China's Reform Strategies -- Major Problems in the Wake of High Growth and Remedies -- Notes -- Data Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.