China and Globalization is a compact, accessible, introductory text on contemporary China and the massive changes it is presently undergoing. It focuses primarily on the ways that economic restructuring is driving the processes, but discusses many other issues as well such as politics, social change, reform, international economics, and cultural change.Doug Guthrie covers the social, economic, and political factors responsible for China's revolutionary changes, and interweaves this broader structural analysis with a consideration of social changes at the micro and macro levels.Considering the potential for further change, this book debates key questions:- Will China become more democratic?- Will the government become more serious about protecting human rights and creating a transparent legal system?- How will China's explosive growth impact both East Asia and the larger global economy?This is a sophisticated, definitive, yet compact overview of the effects of massive social, economic, and political reforms on the most populous nation in the world.