Political Change in China: Comparisons with Taiwan

by Gilley, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9781588265685
• ISBN10: 1588265684
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-15
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Summary

How might China become a democracy? And what lessons, if any, might Taiwan's experience of democratization hold for China's future? The authors of this volume consider these questions, both through comparisons of Taiwan's historical experience with the current period of economic and social change in the PRC, and through more focused analysis of China's current, and possible future, politics.

Table of Contents

Comparing and Rethinking Political Change in China and Taiwan	p. 1
Civil Society and the State
The Evolution of Political Values	p. 27
Intellectual Pluralism and Dissent	p. 49
Religion and the Emergence of Civil Society	p. 79
Business Groups: For or Against the Regime?	p. 95
Regime Responses
Responsive Authoritarianism	p. 117
Developing the Rule of Law	p. 135
Competitive Elections	p. 161
International Pressures and Domestic Pushback	p. 185
Looking Forward
Taiwan's Democratic Transition: A Model for China?	p. 215
Why China's Democratic Transition Will Differ from Taiwan's	p. 243
References	p. 259
The Contributors	p. 291
Index	p. 295
About the Book	p. 309
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