Politics in China Since 1949 - Legitimizing Authoritarian Rule

Informationen zum Autor Robert Weatherley Klappentext This probing study of post-communist revolution Chinese politics sets out to discover if there is a plausible alternative to the electoral mode or if legitimacy is the exclusive domain of the multi-party system. Zusammenfassung This probing study of post-communist revolution Chinese politics sets out to discover if there is a plausible alternative to the electoral mode or if legitimacy is the exclusive domain of the multi-party system. Inhaltsverzeichnis Map of the People’s Republic of China. Biography of Chinese Leaders. Introduction 1. Legitimising the New Regime: The Early Post-Revolutionary Years 2. Mass Participation and Mass Legitimacy: The Great Leap Forward 3. A Crisis of Legitimacy: The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 4. Redefining Party Legitimacy: The Succession to Mao and the Rise of Deng 5. New Era New Crisis: Problems of Legitimacy in the 1980s 6. In Search of New Paradigms of Legitimacy: China Since Tiananmen. Conclusion

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• Authors: Robert Weatherley, Robert (University of Cambridge Weatherley, Weatherley Robert
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2006
• EAN: 9780415391092
• ISBN: 978-0-415-39109-2
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series; Routledge Contemporary China; Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General