Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China - Political Reform in the Deng Xiaoping Era

The Wests leading authority on the role of intellectuals in contemporary China presents a percipient account of the efforts at political reform in the Deng Xiaoping era. Merle Goldman describes a group of highly placed intellectuals who, with the patronage of Deng Xiaopings designated successors Hu Yaobang and then Zhao Ziyang, attempted to reshape both Chinas Marxist-Leninist ideology and its political system.

About the author

Merle Goldman was Professor of History, Emerita, at Boston University and Associate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.

Summary

The West's leading authority on the role of intellectuals in contemporary China presents a percipient account of the efforts at political reform in the Deng Xiaoping era.

Product details

• Authors: Merle Goldman, Goldman Merle
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.1995
• EAN: 9780674830080
• ISBN: 978-0-674-83008-0
• No. of pages: 444
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 562 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; China, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Political structures: democracy, Political ideologies and movements