China in Search of a Harmonious Society

by Guo, Sujian; Guo, Baogang; Bin, Yu; Cheung, Kelvin Chi-kin; Fu, Teng; Han, Ai Guo; Juan, Tang; Liu, Guoli; Mahoney, Josef Gregory; Yu, Yanmin; Zhiyong, Qin; Zhongwen, Shi

• ISBN13: 9780739126240
• ISBN10: 0739126245
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Numerous problems are poised to jeopardize the political stability of China and cast a shadow on the moral foundation of its economic reform. How to cope with these new problems is a daunting task facing the Chinese leadership and people in the twenty-first century. The new generation of leadership under Hu Jintao has begun to search for solutions and direction. "Building a harmonious society" based on a "scientific view of development" has become a new catchphrase in political and academic discourse in China and a newly adopted program by the Chinese government. In this context China in Search of a Harmonious Society brings together a group of China scholars to examine this new concept proposed by the Chinese leadership under Hu Jintao, its important implications for the future of Chinese political development, and some major issues and questions in China's academic and public debate on the search for a harmonious society. This book will be of interest to professors and students of China studies, as well as policymakers and researchers. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction: China in Search of a Harmonious Society	p. 1
Building a Harmonious Society and Achieving Individual Harmony	p. 13
Traditional Culture Embodied in Confucianism and China's Search for a Harmonious Society and Peaceful Development	p. 35
Cultural Construction of a Harmonious Society	p. 61
China's Harmonious World: Beyond Cultural Interpretations	p. 75
On the Way to Harmony: Marxism, Confucianism, and Hu Jintao's Hexie Concept	p. 99
Economic Development, Political Stability, and Social Harmony: Can All Good Things Go Together?	p. 129
Modernity, History, and the Negotiation of Chinese Identity: Revisiting the Liberals/New Left Debate	p. 163
Conflict of Rights and Integration of Order: Real Estate Disputes and Government Management in New Urban Communities	p. 185
Pension Reforms in China: An Institutional Pursuit of Stability for the Rapidly Aging	p. 215
Corruption, Impact of Corruption, and Measures to Curtail Corruption in China	p. 229
Index	p. 247
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