Gordon White's intellectual legacy - introduction; social politics, the state, policy, comparison - Gordon White's contribution to China studies. Politics and the state: Gordon White and development studies - an appreciation; reform and the role of the state in China; managing central local relations during socialist marketization - a changing role for the Communist Party; treasuring the word - Mao, de-politicization and the material present; state enterprise reform and gender - one step backwards for women?. Civil society: corporatist capitalism - the politics of accumulation in south india; bias and capture - corruption, poverty and the limitations of civil society in India; between cant and corporatism - creating an enabling political environment for the poor. Welfare: state entrepreneurship and community welfare services in urban China; creating wealth and welfare - entrepreneurship and the developmental state in rural China; can welfare systems be evaluated outside their cultural and historical context? A case study of children's homes in contemporary Japan; the East Asian welfare states in transition - challenges and opportunities. Globalisation: is globalisation all it is cracked up to be?; globalisation, privatisation and China's industrial labour systems.