Chinese politics and government : power, ideology, and organization / Sujian Guo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guo, Sujian, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--China.

Political science.

China--Politics and government.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past two decades, China's political reforms, open-door policy, dramatic economic growth, and increasingly assertive foreign policy have had an unprecedented regional and global impact. This introductory textbook provides students with a fundamental understanding of government and politics in China as well as the conceptual ability to explore the general patterns, impacts, and nature of continuities and changes in Chinese politics. Further, it equips students with analytical frameworks by which they can understand, analyse and evaluate the major issues in Chinese politics, including

Contents:

Cover; Chinese Politics and Government: Power, Ideology, and Organization; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Part I: Introducing Chinese Politics; 1. Chinese Politics in Comparative Communist Systems; 2. Theoretical Models for Studying Chinese Politics; Part II: Land and People; 3. Shaping Forces of Chinese State-making, Political Culture, and Political Tradition; 4. Traditional Chinese Culture and Confucianism; Part III: Political Development; 5. The Collapse of the Imperial State and the Communist Road to Power; 6. The Making of the New Communist State and the Post-mao Transition

Part IV: Political Ideology7. Marxism-leninism and Chinese Political Ideology; 8. Ideological Modifications in Post-mao China; Part V: Political Institutions; 9. The Party-state Structure of Chinese Government; 10. Political Development in Post-mao China; Part VI: The Chinese Legal and Legislative Systems; 11. The Chinese Legal and Legislative Systems; 12. Legal and Legislative Reforms in Post-mao China; Part VII: Chinese Society; 13. Chinese Social Structure and State-society Relations; 14. Social Changes and State-society Relations in Post-mao China; Part VIII: the Chinese Economy

15. State Socialism and the Chinese Communist Economy16. Market Socialism and Economic Transition in Post-mao China; Part IX: Chinese Foreign Policy; 17. Chinese Foreign Policy Making; 18. U.S.-China Relations in Transformation; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-283-60529-5

9786613917744

1-136-25685-7

0-203-10616-4

9780203106167

OCLC:

811506127