Chinese politics : state, society and the market / edited by Peter Hays Gries and Stanley Rosen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gries, Peter Hays, 1967-

Rosen, Stanley, 1942-

Series:

Asia's transformations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Politics and government--2002-.

China.

Politics and government.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

Economic conditions.

China--Social conditions--2000-.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Summary:

Written by a team of leading China scholars this text interrogates the dynamics of state power and legitimation in 21st Century China. Despite the continuing economic successes and rising international prestige of China there has been increasing social protests over corruption, land seizures, environmental concerns, and homeowner movements. Such political contestation presents an opportunity to explore the changes occurring in China today what are the goals of political contestation, how are Chinese Communist Party leaders legitimizing their rule, who are the specific actors involved in contesting state legitimacy today and what are the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People 's Republic? -- Key subjects covered include: -- the legitimacy of the Communist Party internet censorshipethnic resistancerural and urban contentionnationalismyouth culturelabour relations. Chinese Politics is an essential read for all students and scholars of contemporary China as well as those interested in the dynamics of political and social change.

Contents:

1 Dilemmas of party adaptation: the CCP's strategies for survival / Bruce J. Dickson Dickson, Bruce J. 22

2 Legitimacy crisis in China? / Vivienne Shue Shue, Vivienne 41

3 Society in the state: China's nondemocratic political pluralization / Andrew Mertha Mertha, Andrew 69

4 Protest leadership in rural China / Lianjiang Li Li, Lianjiang, Kevin J. O'Brien O'Brien, Kevin J. 85

5 Tenuous tolerance in China's countryside / Teresa Wright Wright, Teresa 109

6 Do Chinese citizens want the government to do more to promote equality? / Martin King Whyte Whyte, Martin King 129

7 Chinese youth and state-society relations / Stanley Rosen Rosen, Stanley 160

8 Censorship and surveillance in Chinese cyberspace: beyond the Great Firewall / Patricia M. Thornton Thornton, Patricia M. 179

9 The politics of art repatriation: nationalism, state legitimation, and Beijing's looted zodiac animal heads / Richard Kraus Kraus, Richard 199

10 Tibetans, Uyghurs, and multinational "China": Han-minority relations and state legitimation / Colin MacKerras MacKerras, Colin 222

11 A question of confidence: state legitimacy and the new urban poor / Dorothy J. Solinger Solinger, Dorothy J. 243

12 Popular responses to China's emerging welfare state / Mark W. Frazier Frazier, Mark W. 258.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415564021

0415564026

9780415564038

0415564034

9780203856420

0203856422

OCLC:

424554634