#  Ya-Wen Lei Receives 2025 Alice Amsden Book Award 

 





July 24, 2025

 

 

Faculty Associate Ya-Wen Lei, professor of sociology at Harvard University, is the corecipient of the 2025 Alice Amsden Book Award for her book, *The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China* (Princeton University Press). Awarded annually, the award celebrates groundbreaking scholarly works that push the boundaries of socioeconomic research and offers fresh perspectives on the complexities of global economic development. Lei’s book was chosen because of its powerful insights into the policy and legal instruments that underpin the functioning of the Chinese state and its relationship with private firms.



 

 

 



 

 

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