authoritarian resilience
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Category=JPS
Category=KCP
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CCP.
Chen Ziming
China's Political Culture
Chinese Government
Chinese Intellectuals
Chinese Political Culture
Civil Society
comparative democratization
Confucian political thought
Culture Academy
Democratic Institutional Design
democratic transition obstacles in China
Deng Liqun
Du Runsheng
elite political attitudes
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eq_business-finance-law
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eq_society-politics
Hu Hanmin
Intellectual Public Spaces
Liao Zhongkai
Nationalist Government
Party Work Style
Patriotic Education Campaign
political modernization
Semi-competitive Elections
Social Mobilization Theory
State Society Relationship
state-society dynamics
Village Elections
Wang Jingwei
Yan Jiaqi
Young Man
Zhongguo Shehui Kexue
Product details
- ISBN 9780415926942
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 19 Oct 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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China's dramatic economic growth in the last two decades of the last century and the prospect of its rise as a great power in this new one have greatly increased its weight and importance in world affairs. Consequently the progress, or lack of progress, of China's transition to democracy has become a central concern of the international community. This timely collection brings together many well-known scholars to systematically explore China's current government and assess that transition toward democracy. The contributors seek to bridge the gap between normative theories of democracy and empirical studies of China's political development by providing a comprehensive overview of China's domestic history, economy, and public political ideologies.
Overall the volume contends that Chinese culture and Confucianism are not the obstacles to democratic transition that some scholars have said they are, and that the success of market reforms has eroded authoritarian rule. This weakening does not guarantee a successful transition, however, and the contributors show that there are many reasons to be skeptical about the short-term prospects for democracy in China, including historical failures, the underdevelopment of civil society, political apathy, and competing social values. Though China's political culture is essentially neither anti-democratic not pro-democratic, it must still overcome many obstacles in order to achieve democracy.
Suisheng Zhao
