TY - BOOK ID - 145804692 TI - Sinews of power : the politics of the State Grid Corporation of China PY - 2016 SN - 0190279540 0190279532 0190279559 PB - New York, NY : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Electric utilities KW - Government corporations KW - Management. KW - Government policy KW - Guo jia dian wang gong si (China) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145804692 AB - Electricity is a basic requirement for a modern economy, and it is also at the centre of transition to low-carbon energy production and consumption. Large state-owned enterprises have been controversial in China and globally. Are they puppets of government or modern corporations? By examining the rise and rise of the State Grid Corporation of China, with its 1.2 billion customers, the work weaves together the electricity story and the SOE story to throw new light on China's political economy and on the future of electricity world-wide. ER -