State and society in China's democratic transition : Confucianism, Leninism, and economic development / Xiaoqin Guo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guo, Maya X. (Maya Xiaoqin)

Series:

East Asia (New York, N.Y.)

East Asia : history, politics, sociology, culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--China.

Democracy.

China.

Bureaucracy--China.

Bureaucracy.

China--Politics and government--1976-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Contents:

State-society configuration: strong state vs. weak society

Statist and societal explanations for the likelihood of a top-down democratic transition

Hypotheses, sources, and methods

Hypotheses

Sources and methods

Plan of the book

Chinese communist party and bureaucratic elite in post-Mao reform

The Post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship: Effective political control over effective bureaucracy

Different approaches to the post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship

The general office system

Explaining the post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship

Confucian tradition and the Chinese bureaucratic system

The development of the Leninist state system

CCP and the post-Mao reform

Bureaucratic elites' image of the post-Mao party leadership

The role of bureaucracy in China's democratic process

Different images of Chinese bureaucracy in the political process

Bureaucratic elites' self-interests in the political system

Bureaucratic elites' concern with unity and stability in China

Conclusion

Problems of political opposition in inducing democracy in China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index.

ISBN:

0415945046

OCLC:

51454447