The socialist market economy in Asia: development in China, Vietnam and Laos

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I The Socialist Market Economy: Ideology and Development -- 1 Introducing the Socialist Market Economy -- The Socialist Market Economies as Success Stories of Development -- What Is a Socialist Market Economy? -- What Kind of Development Model? -- Varieties of Socialist Market Economies -- Making Sense of the Socialist Market Economy: Outline of the Book -- References -- 2 The International Politics of Economic Reforms in China, Vietnam, and Laos -- Introduction -- Launching Reforms in the Cold War Era -- Economic Reforms in the Era of Deep Globalization -- Foreign Trade -- Foreign Direct Investments -- Capital Market Liberalization and Portfolio Investments -- Closer Cooperation -- A New Era of Strategic Rivalry and Mercantilism -- The Future of the Socialist Market Economy -- Conclusion -- Literature -- 3 China and Vietnam as Instances of Consolidated Market-Leninism -- The Value and Limits of Contemporary Political Economy -- Developmental States? -- Developmental State Variants? -- Are China and Vietnam Usefully Construed as Varieties of Capitalism (VOC)? -- Towards a More Sociological Perspective -- From National Political Economies to Social Orders -- China and Vietnam on the Path from State Socialism -- Political Institutions and Domination -- Economic Institutions and Accumulation Regimes -- Welfare Institutions and Reproduction Regimes -- China and Vietnam as Instances of Consolidated Market-Leninism -- Conceptual Foundations of Market-Leninism -- Why the Leninism in Market-Leninist Orders Still Matters -- Making Sense of Market-Leninism -- References -- Part II State, Market and the Environment -- 4 Governance, the Socialist Market Economy, and the Party-State in Vietnam and China -- Introduction.