Faculty
Susan Whiting
Office: Gowen 45
(206) 543-9163
swhiting@u.washington.edu
(Ph.D., University of Michigan), assistant professor of Political
Science, specializes in Chinese and comparative politics, with particular
emphasis on political economy and development. Her first book, Power
and Wealth in Rural China: The Political Economy of Institutional
Change, is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press. Her research
also appears in several edited volumes, including Property Rights
and Economic Reform in China (Stanford 1999), Trust and Governance
(Russell Sage 1998), and Reforming Asian Socialism: The Growth of
Market Institutions (Michigan 1996). She is co-author of a study
on fiscal reform in China conducted under the auspices of the Asian
Development Bank and author of "The Politics of NGO Development
in China," the research for which was conducted under the auspices
of the Ford Foundation. Professor Whiting travels to China frequently.
Her current research interests include the use of the courts in
the resolution of economic disputes in China, the politics of fiscal
reform, and the development of extractive capacity in transition
economies. In addition to Chinese and comparative politics, Whiting's
teaching interests include the political economy of East Asia and
comparative theory and method.
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