Edward S. Steinfeld
Associate Professor of Political Science. Professor Steinfeld, a China specialist, focuses on the political economy of reform in socialist and post-socialist systems. His book, Forging Reform in China (Cambridge University Press, 1998), explores the process of state enterprise restructuring in China and attempts to illuminate the institutional drivers of economic behavior in the Chinese system. He is currently involved in two research projects. The first, a book-length manuscript on financial reform in China, examines the relationship between ideas - namely cognitive conceptions of markets on the part of political actors - and economic outcomes in reforming systems. The second project, in conjunction with the World Bank and MIT Industrial Performance Center, examines the impact of globalization on Chinese industrial policy and structure.
Articles and Books:
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"Chinese Enterprise Development and the Challenge of Global Integration," Prepared as background paper for World Bank Study Innovative East Asia: The Future of Growth. Also forthcoming in World Bank edited volume East Asian Networked Production (Shahid Yusuf, ed.) |
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"'Painted Horses': Reform Culture and the Phenomenon of Partial Reform," Chapter 1 from China’s Market Visions, forthcoming |