Politics in China : an introduction / edited by William A. Joseph.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Joseph, William A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Politics and government.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (577 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On October 1, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding. And what an eventful and tumultuous six decades it had been. During that time, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China was transformed from one of the world's poorest countries into the world's fastest growing major economy, and from a weak state barely able to govern or protect its own territory to a rising power that is challenging the United States for global influence. Over those same years, the PRC also experienced the most deadly famine in human history, caus

Contents:

Cover; Politics in China; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Politics in China; Introduction; 1 Studying Chinese Politics; PART IThe Political History of Modern China; 2 From Empire to People's Republic; 3 Mao Zedong in Power (1949-1976); 4 Deng Xiaoping and His Successors (1976 to the Present); PART II Ideology, Governance, Law, and Political Economy; 5 Ideology and China's Political Development; 6 China's Communist Party-State: The Structure and Dynamics of Power; 7 China's Legal System; 8 China's Political Economy

PART III Politics and Policy in Action9 Rural China: Reform and Resistance; 10 Urban China: Change and Contention; 11 Policy Case Study: The Arts; 12 Policy Case Study: The Environment; 13 Policy Case Study: Public Health; 14 Population Policy; PART IV Politics on China's Periphery; 15 Tibet; 16 Xinjiang; 17 Hong Kong; 18 Taiwan; Timeline of Modern Chinese Political History; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 29, 2014).

ISBN:

0-19-938483-5

0-19-938482-7

OCLC:

874924791