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Bureaucracy, Economy, and Leadership in China: The Institutional Origins of the Great Leap Forward
Bachman, David (Princeton University, New Jersey)
Bureaucracy, Economy, and Leadership in China: The Institutional Origins of the Great Leap Forward
Bachman, David (Princeton University, New Jersey)
This study examines the origins of the Great Leap Forward (GLF), a programme of economic reform that must be considered one of the great tragedies of Communist China. While standard accounts interpret the GLF as chiefly the brainchild of Mao Zedong and as a radical rejection of more moderate reform proposals, Bachman proposes a provocative reinterpretation stressing the role of bureaucracy.
288 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 23, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780521032339 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 288 |
Dimensions | 152 × 228 × 17 mm · 438 g |