China: The Bankable State

The volume on China: The Bankable State rejects neoliberal consensus and focuses on crucial contributions of the Chinese state in shaping Chinese economy. This book makes crucial theoretical contributions to the study of local political economy of China. This book engages with Chinese state responses to challenges China faces in the processes of reform, transition and development of both commercial and non-commercial banks.

This book explores Chinese economic growth and development policy processes and its uniqueness in the wider world economy. The book examines Chinese financial policy praxis and offers an insightful account of its successes for the wider resurgence of alternative political economy of local development. Additionally, this book also showcases state led entrepreneurship in China.

​Dr Bhabani Shankar Nayak is a political economist working as Professor of Business Management and Director of MBA, University for the Creative Arts, UK. He worked in the universities in Sussex, Glasgow, Manchester, York and Coventry for last eighteen years. His research interests consist of four closely interrelated and mutually guiding programmes i.e. i) political economy of sustainable development, gender and environment in South Asia, ii) market, microfinance, religion and social business, iii) faith, freedom, globalisation and governance and iv) Hindu religion and capitalism. The regional focus of my research is on the impacts of neoliberalism on social, cultural and economic transition of indigenous and rural communities in South Asia. He is the author books like; ’Nationalising Crisis: The Political Economy of Public Policy in India’, ’Hindu Fundamentalism and Spirit of Capitalism in India’ and ’Disenchanted India and Beyond: Musings on the Lockdown Alternatives’.