China modernizes [electronic resource] : threat to the West or model for the rest? / Randall Peerenboom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peerenboom, R. P. (Randall P.), 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--China.

Human rights.

Democracy--China.

Democracy.

Globalization--China.

Globalization.

China--Politics and government--2002-.

China.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today; one of a rising superpower, and the other of an anachronistic, authoritarian regime. So which is the real China? Randall Peerenboom offers a controversial, first-hand account of modern China focusing on its economic, political and legal attributes within the context of the developing world. - ;Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today. On the one hand a rising superpower predicted to have the largest economy in the world by mid century, on the other hand a brutal, anachronistic and authoritarian regime, a threat to geo-stability and

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: two opposing views of China; 2. Déjà vu all over again: China and the East Asian Model; 3. Taking rights seriously? Official policy and actual practice; 4. Social and economic rights, law and order, women's rights, and cultural rights; 5. Of rights and wrongs: why China is subject to a double standard on rights; 6. Institutional reform: rule of law and good governance; 7. Debating democracy; 8. What if China democratizes? What if it doesn't?; 9. Conclusion: modernity with modesty. The strengths and limits of the EAM; Endnotes; References; Index; A; B

CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-393) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-14913-6

9786611149130

0-19-151413-6

1-4294-7051-8

OCLC:

560565911