Barry J. Naughton | |
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| Education | University of Washington (BA),Yale University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Economist, professor |
| Employer | UCSD |
Barry J. Naughton is an American economist currently serving as So Kwanlok Chair of Chinese International Affairs at theUniversity of California, San Diego'sGraduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.
He received his Ph.D. in Economics and M.A. in International Relations fromYale University in 1986 and 1979 respectively, and a B.A., Chinese Language and Literature from theUniversity of Washington in 1975.[1]
In 1988 and 1991, Naughton published the first articles of Western scholarship addressing China'sThird Front campaign to develop basic industry and national defense industry in the Country's interior.[2]: 17 Relatively few other Western historians have addressed the Third Front in detail and those that do generally cite Naughton extensively.[2]: 17
In Naughton's view, China's use of thenomenklatura system of personnel management forCommunist Party cadre is a core institution reinforcing national unity.[3]: 23 Naughton states that China's process ofrural collectivization proceeded smoothly in part because, unlike the Soviet experience, a network of state institutions already existed in the countryside.[4]
His 1995 book "Growing Out of thePlan: Chinese Economic Reform, 1978–1993" won theMasayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize. He argues that the Chinese economic reform was accomplished without a grand vision. Rather, it was the result of a mix betweenlaissez-faire and experimentation with business incentives by the government.
Naughton is a participant of the Task Force on U.S.-China Policy convened byAsia Society's Center on US-China Relations.[5]
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