China's Trapped Transition

The Limits of Developmental Autocracy

Minxin Pei

    Abbreviations

    Introduction

    1. Why Transitions Get Trapped: A Theoretical Framework

    2. Democratizing China?

    3. Rent Protection and Dissipation: The Dark Side of Gradualism

    4. Transforming the State: From Developmental to Predatory

    5. China's Mounting Governance Deficits

    Conclusion

    Appendix: Reported Cases of Local Mafia States

    Notes

    Acknowledgments

    Index

  • Cover: China's Trapped Transition
  • A photo of the author

Minxin Pei is Senior Associate and Director of the China Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.