Red Swan：How Unorthodox Policy-Making Facilitated China’s Rise

　　China stands as a major “Red Swan” challenge to the social sciences. The resilience of the Communist party-state, in combination with a rapidly expanding and internationally competitive economy, challenges conventional models of economic development and political change. This book focuses on crucial governmental action programs and examines the manner in which they were developed, formulated, implemented, adjusted, and revised. It finds that Chinese policy making has been driven by a distinctive political methodology―an unusual combination of long-term national agendas with versatile local policy experimentation―that serves as an effective mechanism for policy innovation and correction, and thus provides strong adaptive capabilities in a perpetually shifting economic, technological and international context.

作者簡介



Sebastian Heilmann

　　Sebastian Heilmann is the founding president of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin and professor for the political economy of China at the University of Trier, Germany. He has published extensively on China’s political system, economic policy making, and international relations. Heilmann also has years of experience providing advice to the German federal government and EU institutions.