The Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China
Policymaking, Funding, Talent, and Organization
Published on 8. August 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-108-79603-3 (ISBN)
Description
There are a variety of reasons underlying the remarkable development of science and technology (S&T), and innovation in post-1978 China. This book seeks to achieve an understanding of such development from an institutional or a political economy perspective. Departing from the literature of S&T and innovation studies that treats innovation as a market or enterprise's behavior in Schumpeter's sense, Sun and Cao argue that it involves politics, institutions, and the role of the state. In particular, they examine how the Chinese state has played its visible role in making innovation policies, allocating funding for R&D programs, making efforts to attract talent, and organizing critical S&T programs. This book appeals to scholars in S&T and innovation policy, political economy, innovation governance, and China studies as well as policymakers and business executives.
Reviews / Votes
'This is a thoroughly researched, clearly structured and well-written book. Despite being mainly quantitative and privileging official sources over grassroots innovation, it benefits from unique insights gained from the authors' years of in-depth qualitative and quantitative engagement with the Chinese innovation system. Overall, this is a much-needed and timely overview of the Chinese state's intricate workings in innovation, including historical perspectives. The findings will be relevant not only for economists, political scientists, innovation scholars and practitioners from policy and business, but also for scholars and students from various fields interested in the operations and contradictions of the Chinese state, academic landscape, technology and economy more generally.' Lena Kaufmann, The China QuarterlyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-79603-3 (9781108796033)
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Yutao Sun | Cong Cao
The Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China
Policymaking, Funding, Talent, and Organization
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07/2023
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
Yutao Sun is a Professor at the School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology, China, and a former Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has published in international journals including Science and Research Policy. He is the author of China and Global Value Chains: Globalization and The Information and Communications Technology Sector (2018).
Content
Introduction; 1. Studying Science, Technology and Innovation: Bringing the State in; 2. Innovation Policies: Institutional Structure and Evolution; 3. Innovation Policies: Policy Network and Policymaking Process; 4. Funding: Central Government Expenditure on Research and Development; 5. Talent: Talent-Attracting Programs; 6. Organization: Mission-Oriented Mega-Research-and-Development Programs; 7. Toward a Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China.