CEWS Profile: Dorothy Solinger

Dorothy Solinger has a Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is a Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Center for Asian Studies at the University of California-Irvine. Professor Solinger's field of specialization is Chinese politics with a concentration on political economy. She has written on the politics of socialist commerce, the treatment of the private sector under socialism in China, and the politics of economic reform. In the last decade, she has critically examined the impact of rural migration, transient populations, and unemployment on the dynamics of Chinese cities. Her many books and articles include Chinese Business Under Socialism: The Politics of Domestic Commerce, 1949-1980, and From Lathes to Looms: China’s Industrial Policy in Comparative Perspective. Professor Solinger’s book Contesting Citizenship in Urban China was the winner of the 2001 Joseph R. Levenson prize of the Association for Asian Studies for the best book on 20th century China published in 1999.