Chinas Transition

Informationen zum Autor Andrew J. Nathan Klappentext With more than one billion people! China represents both an ocean of economic opportunity and a frustrating backwater of continuing brutal political repression. What are the prospects for democratic evolution in a nation with one of the world's poorest human rights records? How have other nations responded to China since the recent! dramatic opening of its economic system-and how should they respond in the future? These are some of the most important questions confronting both the United States and the international community. On democracy! human rights! and the move to integrate China into the international economy; on Mao Zedong's regime and the reform since his death; and on the Taiwan experiment and Hong Kong's reintegration with China! Nathan offers an accessible introduction to the intricate web of contemporary Chinese politics and China's changing place in the global system. Zusammenfassung The text provides an introduction to the intricate web of contemporary Chinese politics - and China's changing place in the global system. It discusses China and democracy! human rights issues! and the move to integrate China into the international economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. China Bites Back2. A History of Cruelty3. Mao and His Court4. Maoist Institutions and Post-Mao Reform5. Chinese Democracy: The Lessons of Failure6. The Democratic Vision7. The Decision for Reform in Taiwan8. Electing Taiwan's Legislature (written with with Helena V.S. Ho)9. The Struggle for Hong Kong's Future10. Is Chinese Culture Distinctive?11. Cultural Requisites for Democracy in China (written with Tianjian Shi)12. Left and Right in Deng's China (written with Tianjian Shi)13. The Place of Values in Cross-Cultural Studies14. The Chinese Volcano15. The Constitutionalist Option16. Human Rights and American China Policy ...

Product details

• Authors: Liqun Cao, Steven J. Levine, Andrew Nathan, Andrew (Class of 1919 Professor Nathan, Andrew J. Nathan
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1999
• EAN: 9780231110235
• ISBN: 978-0-231-11023-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Studies of the East Asian Inst; Studies of the East Asian Inst
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries