In Chinese Capitalisms , experts examine the rise of capitalism on China and Taiwan, analyzing impacts exerted by global capitalism, Chinese civilization, and remnants of socialist practice. In focusing on these, they also address longstanding issues such as Weber's China Thesis, state-business relationships, and China's civil society, among others.

GARY G. HAMILTON is Professor of Sociology and of International Studies at the University of Washington, USA
TSAIMAN C. HO is Post-doctoral fellow in the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong
HSIN-HUANG MICHAEL HSIAO is the Executive Director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies (CAPAS) and Research Fellow of the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, and Professor of Sociology, National Taiwan University
JAMES J. HUDSON is a PhD student in the Department of History, University of Texas, Austin, USA
WILLIAM HURST is Assistant Professor of Government at the University of Texas, Austin, USA
CHENG-SHU KAO is Professor of Sociology at Tunghai University in Taiwan
CHUNG-HWA KU is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan, and also the Director of the Center of Third Sector in the same university
I-CHUN KUNG is a sociologist and Professor of the Graduate Institute of Southeast Asian Studies at the National Chi Nan University, Taiwan
YI-MIN LIN teaches at the Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
ALVIN Y. SO teaches at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
CHRISTIAN SORACE is a PhD student in the Government Department in the University of Texas, Austin, USA
WENBIN SUN is Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, and is working at Central Policy Unit of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as Senior Researcher
IVÁN SZELÉNYI is William Graham Sumner Professor of Sociology and Professor of Political Science at Yale University, USA
HONG-ZEN WANG is Professor and Director of the Graduate Institute of Sociology at the National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; Y.Chu PART I: CAPITALIST CHINA  The 'Spirit' of Capitalism in China: Contemporary Meanings of Weber's Thought; C.Ku State Neo-Liberalism: The Chinese Road to Capitalism; Y.Chu& A.Y.So Post-revolution Transformations and the Re-emergence of Capitalism in China: Implications for the Internal Organization of Economic Activities; Y.Lin Workers in Post-Socialist China: Shattered Rice Bowls, Fragmented Subjectivities; J.Hudson, W.Hurst& C.Sorace PART II: CHINA'S CAPITALISM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Taiwan's Industrialisation: The Rise of a Demand-Responsive Economy; G.G.Hamilton& C.Kao Taishang: A Different Kind of Ethnic Chinese Business in Southeast Asia; H.M.Hsiao, H.Wang& I.Kung A Spell Breaker: The Dynamism of the Koo Family; T.C.Ho& W.Sun Capitalism in China? Comparative Perspectives; I.Szelényi Chinese Capitalisms: Concluding Thoughts on their Historical Emergence, Political Implications, and Unique Characteristics; Y.Chu Index