The end of the Revolution. China and the limits of modernity

While other scholars and policy advisers attempt to explain and rectify China´s various social and economic problems from within these paradigms, Wang argues for a broader analysis that situates these events within a history of worldwide neo-liberal globalization. This, he claims, is necessary not only in seeking an alternative to the rapid industrialization and liberalization currently occurring in China but also in shedding its authoritarian socialist past.