China’s Transformation, a Challenge for Political Economy
Appel à contribution de la Revue de la régulation. Capitalisme, Institutions, Pouvoirs (ISSN électronique 1957-7796).
The long run trajectory and present turmoil of Chinese economy remains a puzzle for most social sciences. It is specially so for economists. Some view China as a typical State led economy, but then how to explain such long term good performance, far better than those of a soviet type regime? Others see this country as a successful example of liberation of market forces but the absence of any major crisis then becomes a mystery.
A possible way out of this dilemma might be to have a closer look at the specific configuration of basic social relations in China and to be ready to detect some specificities that shape economic activity, the growth regime and economic policies. Institutions might matter and they have changed via a series of successive reforms. Growth, stability and crises are the outcome of this social construction.
This has precisely been the strategy of Regulation theory. It was born by analyzing the long run transformation of the United States in order to understand both the post war II development model and its crisis and successive adjustments until the present period. A series of long run historical analyses have then extended this framework towards many other societies in Europe, Latin America and Asia. They have thus generalized the initial theorizing and have shown a significant diversity of accumulation regimes and modes of regulation. Today understanding China’s trajectory from 1949 to 2015 might well a new frontier for this approach.
The editors would be pleased if Revue de la régulation/Regulation review could be the melting pot where researchers from various disciplines, paradigms and geographical origins discuss and confront their results.
Date limite de réception des contributions/Deadline
- 31 mai 2016/31 May 2016
Les contributions devront être transmises à/Please submit your papers to:
- Robert Boyer (CNRS – EHESS) : r.boyer2@orange.fr
- Sebastien Lechevalier (EHESS) : sebastien.lechevalier@ehess.fr
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Monique Abud (20 mai 2016). China’s Transformation, a Challenge for Political Economy. Carnets du Centre Chine (CNRS/EHESS). Consulté le 8 février 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/mflo


