TY - JOUR
T1 - The quasi-criminalization of a business sector in China
T2 - Deconstructing the construction-sector syndrome
AU - Ding, X. L.
PY - 2001/4
Y1 - 2001/4
N2 - This study probes the institutional mechanisms and operational processes that have turned the Chinese construction sector into a quasi-criminal domain during the past two decades. On the basis of its exploratory investigation, the paper tries to make a few generalized empirical observations, which centre on the problem of institution-formation and order under the conditions of a systemic transition from command to market environments. This study is part of a major project on state-rebuilding in transitional China.
AB - This study probes the institutional mechanisms and operational processes that have turned the Chinese construction sector into a quasi-criminal domain during the past two decades. On the basis of its exploratory investigation, the paper tries to make a few generalized empirical observations, which centre on the problem of institution-formation and order under the conditions of a systemic transition from command to market environments. This study is part of a major project on state-rebuilding in transitional China.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035315403&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1011294000877
DO - 10.1023/A:1011294000877
M3 - Article
SN - 0925-4994
VL - 35
SP - 177
EP - 201
JO - Crime, Law and Social Change
JF - Crime, Law and Social Change
IS - 3
ER -