China's authoritarian capitalism in a comparative perspective

BCCN Lecture Series #3: China's authoritarian capitalism in a comparative perspective
 

This lecture is part of this spring term's BCCN Lecture Series: China in the Global Political Economy.
 

The sweeping rise of authoritarianism worldwide and how it interacts with capitalism has gained increasing attention. Authoritarian capitalism has become a salient mode of political economy in contexts as diverse as mature democracies, post-communist societies, and autocracies with emerging markets. This talk places China in a comparative perspective. It first lays out several major pathways leading to authoritarian capitalism since the 20^th century. It then examines the path that China represents, where markets and capitalists were created after the establishment of an authoritarian regime, but without regime breakdown. The way in which the authoritarian regime and capitalist system emerged affects state-business collusion, the degrees of state autonomy and capture, as well as the sustainability of authoritarian capitalism.

Bio:

Ling Chen is the William L. Clayton Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Her research interests lie in political economy, state-business relations, and authoritarian capitalism, with a regional focus on China. Her articles have been published in journals such as American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, The China Journal, and World Development. Her book, Manipulating Globalization: The Influence of Bureaucrats on Business in China, was published by Stanford University Press. Her comments have been quoted by the New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Fortune, Financial Times, and the USCC Report to Congress. 
 

Online via Zoom. Please register here: https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/ITjyicLrReSbABh9U1cHww