Essays about: "political systems in China"

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1. 16. Unpacking Lunch: Political Ecology & The Meat Industrial Complex

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Jenica Frique; Jenica Frisque; [2010]
   Keywords : political ecology; neoliberalism; development; factory farming; meat-industrial complex; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper highlights, theoretically and empirically, how development and underdevelopment are closely linked by looking at the global food system, with a special emphasis on the meat-industrial complex. Conceptually, this thesis mobilizes Foster’s theory of metabolic rift, O’Connor’s theory of the second contradiction of capitalism, and Harvey’s “accumulation by dispossession” to account for the socio-ecological contradictions of the meat-industrial complex. READ MORE

3. 17. How did the Chinese private de novo firm develop during market transition, when the formal institutional structure wasn’t benevolent?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Marine Arakelyan; [2009]
   Keywords : China; private de novo firm; alternative mechanisms; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis will focus on one of the most external factors that drove the institutional change particularly in Chinese industry, which is the emergence of private de novo firms. The purpose of this thesis is to bring together the important role of emerging private firms in a marketizing economy and the impediments imposed by the government. READ MORE

4. 18. An Institutional Analysis of Market Transition and Political Capital

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Lucinda David; [2009]
   Keywords : institutions; Market Transition Theory; Chinese Industries; Political Capital; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In his 1989 seminal paper, Victor Nee developed the market transition theory (MTT), which argues that reforming socialist economies shift power from a redistributive government to direct producers. One of the most contentious predictions of the theory is that market expansion will induce a relative decline in the value of political capital. READ MORE

5. 19. Factors Affect the Employment of Youth in China

   University essay from Ekonomihögskolan, EHV

   Author : Xiaoxue Li; [2009]
   Keywords : employment; logistic regression;

   Abstract : Today's young people are well-educated ever but in a poor employment situation. At the beginning of this paper, I first state the situation both in the world and in China, revealing the poor employment situation of youth. READ MORE

6. 20. Regional Growth in China -A Study on Convergence across the Chinese Regions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jenni Ann Eriksson; Frida Nannesson; [2009]
   Keywords : growth; China; Technology Transfer; steady state; regional convergence; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study investigates whether the income is equalising across the Chinese regions. This is done by answering the research question do the Chinese regions show any signs of convergence in gross regional product (GRP). Regressions have been done using the OLS-method to find correlation between initial GRP and the growth rate in GRP. READ MORE