China's gilded age : (Record no. 9852)
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| control field | CR9781108778350 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | UkCbUP |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260610102049.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| fixed length control field | 190508s2020||||enk o ||1 0|eng|d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781108778350 (ebook) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781108478601 (hardback) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781108745956 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UkCbUP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | UkCbUP |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | a-cc--- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | JQ1509.5.C6 |
| Item number | A54 2020 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 364.1/3230951 |
| Edition information | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ang, Yuen Yuen, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1979- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | China's gilded age : |
| Remainder of title | the paradox of economic boom and vast corruption / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Yuen Yuen Ang. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Cambridge : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2020. |
| 300 ## - online resource | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (xv, 257 pages) : |
| Other physical details | digital, PDF file(s). |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 May 2020). |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction : China's gilded age -- Unbundling corruption across countries -- Unbundling corruption over time -- Profit-sharing, Chinese style Corrupt & Competent -- All the king's men -- Rethinking nine big questions. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang argues that not all types of corruption hurt growth, nor do they cause the same kind of harm. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money - elite exchanges of power and profit - cuts both ways: it stimulates investment and growth but produces serious risks for the economy and political system. Since market opening, corruption in China has evolved toward access money. Using a range of data sources, the author explains the evolution of Chinese corruption, how it differs from the West and other developing countries, and how Xi's anti-corruption campaign could affect growth and governance. In this formidable yet accessible book, Ang challenges one-dimensional measures of corruption. By unbundling the problem and adopting a comparative-historical lens, she reveals that the rise of capitalism was not accompanied by the eradication of corruption, but rather by its evolution from thuggery and theft to access money. In doing so, she changes the way we think about corruption and |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Political corruption |
| General subdivision | Economic aspects |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Corruption |
| General subdivision | Economic aspects |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Economic development |
| General subdivision | Moral and ethical aspects |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Capitalism |
| General subdivision | Moral and ethical aspects |
| Geographic subdivision | China. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | China |
| General subdivision | Politics and government |
| Chronological subdivision | 2002- |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | China |
| General subdivision | Economic conditions |
| Chronological subdivision | 2000- |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781108478601 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108778350">https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108778350</a> |
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