Is China unstable? : assessing the factors / David Shambaugh, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shambaugh, David L.

Series:

Studies on contemporary China.

Studies on Contemporary China

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic stabilization--China.

Economic stabilization.

China--Economic conditions--1976-2000.

China.

China--Politics and government--1976-2002.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

Focuses on the potential for instability in China from political, economic, and historical perspectives. The book considers elite (national) and local politics, micro- and macro-economics, urban and rural conditions, attitudes among intellectuals, and minority areas. The high profile contributors include Thomas Bernstein, Pieter Bottelier, Bruce Dickson, June Dryer, Merle Goldman, Steven Jackson, Nicholas Lardy, H. Lyman Miller, David Shambaugh, and Dorothy Solinger.

Contents:

1. Introduction : a typology for stability and instability in China / Steven F. Jackson

2. How do we know if China is unstable? / H. Lyman Miller

3. The Chinese leadership : cracks in the Façade? / David Shambaugh

4. Political instability at the middle and lower levels : signs of a decaying CCP, corruption, and political dissent / Bruce J. Dickson

5. Sources of macroeconomic instability in China / Nicholas R. Lardy

6. How stable is China? An economic perspective / Pieter Bottelier

7. The potential for urban unrest : will the fencers stay on the Pisté? / Dorothy J. Solinger

8. Instability in rural China / Thomas P. Bernstein

9. The potential for instability among alienated intellectuals and students in post-Mao China / Merle Goldman

10. The potential for instability in minority regions / June Teufel Dreyer

11. Chinese social trends : stability or chaos? / Martin King Whyte.

Notes:

"An East Gate book."

First published 2000 by M.E. Sharpe.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 30, 2016).

ISBN:

1-315-29200-9

1-315-29201-7

1-315-29199-1

9781315292014

OCLC:

961203134