E. Friedman & B. Gilley 
Asia’s Giants [PDF ebook] 
Comparing China and India

Preface; E.Friedman Introduction; R.Mac Farquhar Two Paths to Modernity; B.Gilley ECONOMIC REFORMS Differential Development: Beyond Regime Dichotomies; J.Mukherji Chasing China: Can India Bridge the Gap?; S.Awamy India’s Reform Strengths; J.Manor & G.Segal SUB-NATIONAL FACTORS The Persistence of Informal Finance; K.Tsai The Political Basis of Decentralization; A.Sinha Indigenous vs. Foreign Business Models; H.Yasheng & T.Khanna NEW PERSPECTIVES Why Democracy Matters; E.Friedman China Rethinks India; H.Jinxin Development and Choice; A.Saich Conclusion; B.Gilley

HUANG JINXIN Ph D in Political Science from University of Wisconsin, USA TARUN KHANNA Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, USA RODERICK MACFARQUHAR Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science at the John King Fairbank Centre for East Asian Research at Harvard University, USA JAMES MANOR Professor of Political Science and Director of the Civil Society and Governance Programme at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK JOYDEEP MUKHERJI Director, Sovereign Ratings Group at Standard & Poor’s, USA TONY SAICH Daewoo Professor of International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA ASEEMA SINHA Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, USA SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY Chairman and Honorary Professor at the School of Communication and Management Sciences in Kalmaserry, Kerala, India KELLEE S. TSAI Assistant Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, USA HUANG YASHENG Associate Professor in the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA