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The belt road and beyond: state-mobilized globalization in China: 1998–2018

The belt road and beyond: state-mobilized globalization in China: 1998–2018 ASIAN GEOGRAPHER 2021, VOL. 38, NO. 1, 93–94 BOOK REVIEW Min Ye, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, xvi+252 pp., $94.99, ISBN: This book asks why Chinese leaders launch ambitious nationalist strategies and how subna- tional and commercial actors interpret and implement such strategies. Focusing on the Western Development Program (WDP), China Going Out (CGG), and Belt and Road Initiat- ive (BRI), Ye argues that they are rooted in domestic political-economic logic and central- local power relations. These initiatives can be interpreted by formulating a state-mobilized globalization (SMG) framework, first introduced and critiqued in Chapters 1 and 2. Chapters 3–5 demonstrate how the SMG framework manifests itself through the study of three national strategies (i.e. WDP, CGG, BRI) since China’s “Reform and Opening-Up” policies in 1978. Chapters 6 and 7 unpack how dynamics unfold at the subnational scale. These chapters high- light how local governments and firms interpret and implement nationalist strategies and rhetoric, thereby establishing market-based implementation in their respective locales. Chapter 8 concludes with several theoretical and policy implications, both within China and without. The book’s most notable contribution is the SMG framework. The SMG framework clarifies the drivers, processes, and outcomes of China’s national strategies, helping us http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Geographer Taylor & Francis

The belt road and beyond: state-mobilized globalization in China: 1998–2018

Lim, Guanie
Asian Geographer , Volume 38 (1): 2 – Jan 2, 2021
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The belt road and beyond: state-mobilized globalization in China: 1998–2018

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ASIAN GEOGRAPHER 2021, VOL. 38, NO. 1, 93–94 BOOK REVIEW Min Ye, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, xvi+252 pp., $94.99, ISBN: This book asks why Chinese leaders launch ambitious nationalist strategies and how subna- tional and commercial actors interpret and implement such strategies. Focusing on the Western Development Program (WDP), China Going Out (CGG), and Belt and Road Initiat- ive (BRI), Ye argues that they are rooted in domestic political-economic logic and central-...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2020 Guanie Lim
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1022-5706
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ASIAN GEOGRAPHER 2021, VOL. 38, NO. 1, 93–94 BOOK REVIEW Min Ye, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, xvi+252 pp., $94.99, ISBN: This book asks why Chinese leaders launch ambitious nationalist strategies and how subna- tional and commercial actors interpret and implement such strategies. Focusing on the Western Development Program (WDP), China Going Out (CGG), and Belt and Road Initiat- ive (BRI), Ye argues that they are rooted in domestic political-economic logic and central- local power relations. These initiatives can be interpreted by formulating a state-mobilized globalization (SMG) framework, first introduced and critiqued in Chapters 1 and 2. Chapters 3–5 demonstrate how the SMG framework manifests itself through the study of three national strategies (i.e. WDP, CGG, BRI) since China’s “Reform and Opening-Up” policies in 1978. Chapters 6 and 7 unpack how dynamics unfold at the subnational scale. These chapters high- light how local governments and firms interpret and implement nationalist strategies and rhetoric, thereby establishing market-based implementation in their respective locales. Chapter 8 concludes with several theoretical and policy implications, both within China and without. The book’s most notable contribution is the SMG framework. The SMG framework clarifies the drivers, processes, and outcomes of China’s national strategies, helping us

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Asian Geographer – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jan 2, 2021

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