Democracy in China - The Coming Crisis

Four decades of reform fostered a democratic mentality in China. Now citizens are waiting for the government to catch up. Jiwei Ci argues that the tensions between a largely democratic society and an undemocratic political system will trigger a crisis of legitimacy, compelling the Communist Party to become agents of democratic change¿or collapse.

About the author

Jiwei Ci is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Moral China in the Age of Reform, The Two Faces of Justice (Harvard), and Dialectic of the Chinese Revolution: From Utopianism to Hedonism. He has held research fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the National Humanities Center, and the Stanford Humanities Center.

Summary

Four decades of reform fostered a democratic mentality in China. Now citizens are waiting for the government to catch up. Jiwei Ci argues that the tensions between a largely democratic society and an undemocratic political system will trigger a crisis of legitimacy, compelling the Communist Party to become agents of democratic change—or collapse.

Product details

• Authors: Jiwei Ci, Ci Jiwei
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2019
• EAN: 9780674238183
• ISBN: 978-0-674-23818-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, HISTORY / Asia / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Asian History, asian