China's Chance to Lead: Acquiring Global Influence Via Infrastructure Development and Digitalization (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009385886)

How is China acquiring global influence? Rather than focusing exclusively on China's interests, this book considers a vital but overlooked feature - the interests of recipient countries. Richard W. Carney argues that countries in which political leaders rely more heavily on clientelism coupled with greater control over the corporate sector have a higher demand for Chinese infrastructure spending. Through a combination of statistical analyses and case studies, Carney shows that electoral autocracies (in contrast to closed autocracies, electoral democracies, and liberal democracies) display these features most prominently and are the most avid recipients. This in turn contributes to elevated levels of Chinese digital technologies imports which facilitates the spread of Chinese technical standards, enabling China to create the scale to assert its dominance over the emerging digital economy. Electoral autocracies are the most prevalent type of regime, and are therefore essential partners to China's global ambitions.

Author: Richard W. Carney
ISBN-10: 1009385887
ISBN-13: 9781009385886
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/16/2023
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2024