China's Transition

Neuausgabe 1998
ISBN: 978-0-231-11022-8
Verlag: COLUMBIA UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Study of the East Asian Instit

With more than one billion people, China represents both an ocean of economic opportunity and a frustrating backwater of continuing brutal political repression. What are the prospects for democratic evolution in a nation with one of the world's poorest human rights records? How have other nations responded to China since the recent, dramatic opening of its economic system-and how should they respond in the future? These are some of the most important questions confronting both the United States and the international community.

On democracy, human rights, and the move to integrate China into the international economy; on Mao Zedong's regime and the reform since his death; and on the Taiwan experiment and Hong Kong's reintegration with China, Nathan offers an accessible introduction to the intricate web of contemporary Chinese politics and China's changing place in the global system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nathan, Andrew J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. China Bites Back2. A History of Cruelty3. Mao and His Court4. Maoist Institutions and Post-Mao Reform5. Chinese Democracy: The Lessons of Failure6. The Democratic Vision7. The Decision for Reform in Taiwan8. Electing Taiwan's Legislature (written with with Helena V.S. Ho)9. The Struggle for Hong Kong's Future10. Is Chinese Culture Distinctive?11. Cultural Requisites for Democracy in China (written with Tianjian Shi)12. Left and Right in Deng's China (written with Tianjian Shi)13. The Place of Values in Cross-Cultural Studies14. The Chinese Volcano15. The Constitutionalist Option16. Human Rights and American China Policy

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew J. Nathan is professor of politics at Columbia University and is the author of numerous books, including China's Crisis (Columbia). He is a frequent contributor to the The New Republic.