1 option
China's political system : modernization and tradition / June Teufel Dreyer.
LIBRA JQ1510 .D74 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dreyer, June Teufel, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Politics and government--1949-.
- China.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 380 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Seventh edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Longman, [2010]
- Summary:
- $$
- Contents:
- 1 Introducation 1
- Modernization and Chinese Civilization 1
- Theories of Analysis of Chinese Politics 8
- Theoretical Analysis in the Early Years of the PRC 10
- Theories Engendered by the Cultural Revolution 15
- Post-Mao Theories of Analysis 21
- Conclusions 23
- Suggestions for Further Reading 24
- 2 The Chinese Tradition 25
- Basic Characteristics 25
- The Governmental Structure of Traditional China 31
- The Examination System 35
- Literature and Art 36
- The Role of Law in Traditional China 36
- The Military 38
- The Barbarian Problem 39
- Interpretations of Chinese History 39
- Implications for Industrialization 42
- Conclusions 46
- Suggestions for Further Reading 46
- 3 Reformers, Warlords, and Communists 47
- The New Invasion 47
- The Self-Strengthening Movement 49
- Reform and Revolution 53
- The Reformers 54
- The Reactionaries 55
- The Revolutionaries 56
- The Kuomintang 61
- Suggestions for Further Reading 65
- 4 The Communist Road to Power 66
- The Early Years: 1919-1923 66
- The Period of Soviet Control: 1923-1931 68
- The Jiangxi Soviet: 1931-1934 70
- The Long March: 1934-1935 72
- The Xi'an Incident: 1936 75
- The Second United Front: 1936-1941 76
- Civil War and Victory: 1941-1949 82
- Suggestions for Further Reading 84
- 5 PRC Politics under Mao: 1949-1976 85
- Consolidation of Power: 1949-1955 85
- Establishing the Organs of Power 89
- The Hundred Flowers Period: 1956-1957 94
- The Great Leap Forward and Its Aftermath: 1958-1961 97
- The Socialist Education Movement: 1962-1966 102
- The Cultural Revolution: 1966-1976 104
- The Years of Upheaval: 1966-1969 104
- Reconstruction: 1970-1976 109
- Suggestions for Further Reading 112
- 6 PRC Politics in the Post-Mao Era: 1976-2008 113
- Interregnum: 1976-1978 113
- Deng Ascendant 116
- The Legacy of Mao 119
- Political Realignment and Policy Readjustment 120
- The Tiananmen Demonstrations. 1989 129
- The "Third Generation": China under Jiang Zemin 134
- The Three Represents 136
- Civie Organizations 136
- Changing Central-Local Relationships 137
- The "Fourth Generation" Assumes Power 141
- Conclusions 145
- Suggestions for Further Reading 147
- 7 The Politics of the Economy 148
- Introduction 148
- The Early Years: 1949-1950 149
- The Socialist Transformation of Agriculture: 1949-1978 150
- Industrial Policy in the Maoist Era 155
- Maoist Economic Policies Assessed 156
- Economic Policy under Deng Xiaoping 158
- Agricultural Reforms 158
- The Private Sector 161
- More Responsibility for State Enterprises 162
- Reforming the Price System 163
- Reforming the Reforms 165
- New Problems for Deng's Successors 169
- Future Concerns 173
- Conclusions 176
- Suggestions for Further Reading 177
- 8 Crime and Punishment: The Legal System of the PRC 178
- Less than Peaceful Coexistence of the Societal and Jural Models: 1949-1953 179
- The Jural Model in Ascendance: 1954-1957 180
- Resurgence of the Societal Model: 1957-1965 182
- The Societal Model Rampant: 1966-1976 183
- Law and Justice in the Post-Mao Era: Return to the Jural Model 185
- The New Legal System 186
- Legal Developments 188
- The Trial Process 189
- Mediation 191
- Petitions 193
- The Penal System 193
- Conclusions 202
- Suggestions for Further Reading 203
- 9 The Role of the Military 204
- Party and Army 204
- Assessing the Maoist Model 207
- The Influence of the Korean War on the PLA 208
- The Revolt Against Professionalism 210
- Professionalism Returns 216
- The Effect of the June Fourth Incident on the PLA 220
- The Military under Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao 222
- Conclusions 227
- Suggestions for Further Reading 228
- 10 Education 229
- Devising a System 229
- The Drive for Egalitarianism and Fall Back Toward Expertise 232
- Redness Revisited: The Cultural Revolution 233
- Egalitarians versus Experts: The Search for a Synthesis 236
- The Search for Academic Excellence 237
- Conclusions 248
- Suggestions for Further Reading 251
- 11 Quality-of-Life Issues: Health, Demography, and the Environment 252
- Health 252
- Demography 260
- The Environment 269
- Conclusions 275
- Suggestions for Further Reading 276
- 12 Conformity and Dissent: The Arts, the Media, and Social Control 277
- Artist and Society in China 277
- The Party, Art, and Social Protest 278
- Post-1949 Control Mechanisms 279
- Repression and Reaction 281
- Culture and the Cultural Revolution 283
- The Arts under Deng Xiaoping 285
- Restrained Dissent 285
- Protest Gains Momentum 286
- Experimenting with Capitalism in the Arts 288
- The Campaign Against Spiritual Pollution 288
- Looming Confrontation 289
- The Tiananmen Demonstrations and Their Aftermath 290
- Expression, Repression, and Social Control 291
- Conclusions 297
- Suggestions for Further Reading 298
- 13 Ethnic Minorities and National Integration 299
- China's Minority Peoples 299
- Ethnicity in Communist Ideology 303
- Minorities Policy in Practice 304
- The Early Years: 1949-1957 304
- The Great Leap Forward and Its Aftermath: 1959-1965 309
- The Cultural Revolution: 1966-1971 312
- Return to Pluralism: 1971-1977 313
- Post-Mao Minorities Policy 314
- Reform Produces Problems 315
- External Factors 317
- Repression Increases 318
- Genuine Autonomy as a Possible Solution 323
- Conclusions 325
- Suggestions for Further Reading 326
- 14 Foreign Policy 327
- Determinants 327
- Tradition 327
- Ideology 329
- Capabilities 330
- Goals 331
- The Formulation of Foreign Policy 331
- Chinese Foreign Relations: An Overview 334
- The "Lean to One Side" Policy: 1949-1954 334
- The Bandung spirit: 1954-1957 337
- Resurgent Nationalism and Isolation: 1957-1969 339
- Global Power Politics: 1969-Present 343
- Triangular Politics 1969-1989 343
- Counterbalancing the Sole Superpower: 1989-Present 348
- Post-9/11 Developments 350
- Conclusions 353
- Suggestions for Further Reading 355.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780205707454
- 0205707459
- OCLC:
- 268788586
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.