Politics in China
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-087071-3 (ISBN)
Over those same years, the PRC also experienced the most deadly famine in human history, caused largely by the actions and inactions of its political leaders. Not long after, there was a collapse of government authority that pushed the country to the brink of (and in some places actually into) civil war and anarchy.
Today, China is, for the most part, peaceful, prospering, and proud. This is the China that was on display for the world to see during the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The CCP maintains a firm grip on power through a combination of popular support largely based on its recent record of promoting rapid economic growth and harsh repression of political opposition. Yet, the party and country face serious challenges on many fronts, including a slowing economy, environmental desecration, pervasive corruption, extreme inequalities, and a rising tide of social protest.
The third edition of Politics in China has been extensively revised, thoroughly updated, and includes a new chapter on the internet and Politics in China. It is an authoritative introduction to how the world's most populous nation and rapidly rising global power is governed today. Written by leading China scholars, the book's chapters offers accessible overviews of major periods in China's modern political history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, key topics in contemporary Chinese politics, and developments in four important areas located on China's geographic periphery: Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
William A. Joseph is Professor of Political Science and chair of the department at Wellesley College and an Associate in Research of the John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. He is the author of The Critique of Ultra-Leftism in China (1984) and editor or co-editor of New Perspectives on the Cultural Revolution (1991), China Briefing (1991, 1992, 1994, 1997), The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World (2nd ed., 2001), and Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas (6th ed., 2012.)
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INTRODUCTION
1. Studying Chinese Politics (William A. Joseph)
PART I: POLITICAL HISTORY
2. From Empire to People's Republic (R. Keith Schoppa)
3. Mao Zedong in Power (1949 - 1976) (Frederick C. Teiwes)
4. Deng Xiaoping and His Successors (1976 - the present) (Bruce Gilley)
PART II: IDEOLOGY, GOVERNANCE, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
5. Ideology and China's Political Development (William A. Joseph)
6. China's Communist Party-State: The Structure of Power (Cheng Li)
7. China' Legal System (Jacque deLisle)
8. China's Political Economy (David Zweig)
PART III: POLITICS AND POLICY IN ACTION
9. Rural China: Reform and Resistance (John James Kennedy)
10. Urban China: Change and Challenges (William Hurst and Christian Sorace)
11. Policy Case Study: The Arts (Richard Curt Kraus)
12. Policy Case Study: The Environment (Katherine Morton and Fengshi Wu)
13. Policy Case Study: Public Health (Joan Kaufman)
14. Policy Case Study: Population Policy (Tyrene White)
15. Policy Case Study: The Internet and Politics (Guobin Yang)
PART IV: POLITICS ON CHINA'S PERIPHERY
16. Tibet (Robert Barnett)
17. Xinjiang (Gardner Bovingdon)
18. Hong Kong (Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo)
19. Taiwan (Shelley Rigger)
Timeline of Modern Chinese Political History
Glossary
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 03.06.2019 |
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Zusatzinfo | 27 line drawings, 5 maps |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 251 x 175 mm |
Gewicht | 1338 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-087071-0 / 0190870710 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-087071-3 / 9780190870713 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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