All Outputs (12)

The Nature of Property in Modern Capitalism. Review article of Property in Contemporary Capitalism, (2024) by Paddy Ireland (2025)
Journal Article
Meng, G. (2025). The Nature of Property in Modern Capitalism. Review article of Property in Contemporary Capitalism, (2024) by Paddy Ireland. Contributions to Political Economy, 44(1), 128-158, bzaf011. https://doi.org/10.1093/cpe/bzaf011

In a thought-provoking and important new book, Property in Contemporary Capitalism, Paddy Ireland explores the nature of property in contemporary capitalism. Most analyses of property, he argues, including those offered by property theorists, fail to... Read More about The Nature of Property in Modern Capitalism. Review article of Property in Contemporary Capitalism, (2024) by Paddy Ireland.

Introduction of the Household Responsibility System in Contemporary China (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Meng, G. (2024). Introduction of the Household Responsibility System in Contemporary China. SOAS School of Law, Gender and Media. Working Paper Series, 6, 1-25. https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/schools-and-departments/school-law-gender-and-media/soas-working-papers-law-gender-and-media

This article contributes to the debate regarding the origin of the Household Responsibility System (HRS) in rural China. We argue that the HRS is a social and political construction which is not merely a response to underlying economic forces. Its ev... Read More about Introduction of the Household Responsibility System in Contemporary China.

Professionalism, Leadership and Innovation in Countering the Covid-19 Pandemic: Case Studies of Four Chinese Doctors (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Meng, G. (2023). Professionalism, Leadership and Innovation in Countering the Covid-19 Pandemic: Case Studies of Four Chinese Doctors. SOAS School of Law, Gender and Media. Working Paper Series, 3, 1-49. https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/schools-and-departments/school-law-gender-and-media/soas-working-papers-law-gender-and-media

This article aims to contribute to literature on leadership and leadership development through reviewing China’s early response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this article, we argue that leadership, professionalism and innovation have been essential in... Read More about Professionalism, Leadership and Innovation in Countering the Covid-19 Pandemic: Case Studies of Four Chinese Doctors.

Rethinking Marx’s Theory of Property with special reference to the Evolution of Property Relations in the Rural Areas of China (2023)
Journal Article
Meng, G. (2023). Rethinking Marx’s Theory of Property with special reference to the Evolution of Property Relations in the Rural Areas of China. Studies in Marxism (Political Studies Association. Marxism Specialist Group), 16, 75-97.

Beyond Private Property Versus Public Property (2022)
Digital Artefact
Deakin, S., & Meng, G. (2022, September 19). Beyond Private Property Versus Public Property. JoIE Blog: The official blog of the Journal of Institutional Economics. https://joie-blog.net/beyond-private-property-versus-public-property-the-solution-to-douglass-c-norths-puzzle-concerning-chinas-household-responsibility-system

Resolving Douglass C. North’s ‘puzzle’ concerning China’s household responsibility system (2021)
Journal Article
Deakin, S., & Meng, G. (2022). Resolving Douglass C. North’s ‘puzzle’ concerning China’s household responsibility system. Journal of Institutional Economics, 18(4), 521-535. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744137421000746

This paper considers Douglass C. North's ‘puzzle’ concerning China's household responsibility system (HRS) and offers a possible solution. China's HRS, which has evolved over the past four decades to become its dominant form of rural land ownership,... Read More about Resolving Douglass C. North’s ‘puzzle’ concerning China’s household responsibility system.

The Governance of COVID-19: Anthropogenic Risk, Evolutionary Learning, and the Future of the Social State (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper
Deakin, S., & Meng, G. (2021). The Governance of COVID-19: Anthropogenic Risk, Evolutionary Learning, and the Future of the Social State. Centre for Business Research Working Paper, 524, 1-69. https://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/publications/working-papers/working-papers-2021/

We consider the implications of the COVID-19 crisis for the theory and practice of governance. We define ‘governance’ as the process through which, in the case of a given entity or polity, resources are allocated, decisions made and policies implemen... Read More about The Governance of COVID-19: Anthropogenic Risk, Evolutionary Learning, and the Future of the Social State.

Re-learn how to govern risk (2021)
Digital Artefact
Meng, G., & Deakin, S. (2021, January 7). Re-learn how to govern risk. Beyond the Pandemic. https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/beyond-the-pandemic-govern-risk

Re-learning how to manage risk can be a template for the future governance of anthropogenic crises, of which COVID-19 is likely just the harbinger.

The Governance of Covid-19: Anthropogenic Risk, Evolutionary Learning, and the Future of the Social State (2020)
Journal Article
Deakin, S., & Meng, G. (2020). The Governance of Covid-19: Anthropogenic Risk, Evolutionary Learning, and the Future of the Social State. Industrial Law Journal, 49(4), 539-594. https://doi.org/10.1093/indlaw/dwaa027

The Household Responsibility System, Karl Marx’s Theory of Property and Antony M. Honoré’s Concept of Ownership (2019)
Journal Article
Meng, G. (2019). The Household Responsibility System, Karl Marx’s Theory of Property and Antony M. Honoré’s Concept of Ownership. Science & society (New York, N.Y. 1936), 83(3), 300-326. https://doi.org/10.1521/siso.2019.83.3.300

The Household Responsibility System (HRS) has improved agricultural productivity and promoted economic growth and thus relieved poverty in the rural population of China. However, the prevailing assumptions about its nature are that it was the result... Read More about The Household Responsibility System, Karl Marx’s Theory of Property and Antony M. Honoré’s Concept of Ownership.

Post-capitalist property (2017)
Journal Article
Ireland, P., & Meng, G. (2017). Post-capitalist property. Economy and Society, 46(3/4), 369-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2017.1389121

When writing about property and property rights in his imagined post-capitalist society of the future, Marx seemed to envisage ‘individual property’ co-existing with ‘socialized property’ in the means of production. As the social and political conseq... Read More about Post-capitalist property.

Contemporary China’s Rural Landownership with Reference to Antony M. Honoré’s Concept of Ownership (2016)
Journal Article
Meng, G. (2016). Contemporary China’s Rural Landownership with Reference to Antony M. Honoré’s Concept of Ownership. Journal of Economic Issues, 50(3), 667-694. https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2016.1210377

This article analyses the property rights that Chinese peasants have under the present Household Responsibility System (HRS) using Antony M. Honoré’s work on ownership, especially his analysis of eleven standard incidents of the full liberal concept... Read More about Contemporary China’s Rural Landownership with Reference to Antony M. Honoré’s Concept of Ownership.