7 - Conclusion

Summary

This concluding chapter reviews the main findings of the book and situates these in the literature of authoritarian legislatures. It then discusses the implications for long-term growth by looking at how selective property rights may affect innovation, corruption and property security in China. The book ends with the question of whether we are witnessing an entrepreneurial source of democratization. I suggest that Chinese entrepreneurs still pose no immediate threat to the regime, but the common interest of property security is strong enough to provide a sufficient condition for a unified class and initiate institutional change when the opportunity arises.