China's Political System: Moderization and Tradition

by Dreyer, June Teufel

• ISBN13: 9780205296408
• ISBN10: 0205296408
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Considered one of the finest textbooks on this important subject, China's Political System, 3/e, demonstrates how the government of the world's largest nation has been significantly affected by attempts to harmonize the unique nature of its indigenous culture with a variety of influences and ideas from outside. As China assumes its place in the New World Order, it faces many challenges to its traditional economic, legal, social, and cultural structures. This texts provides students with a clear sense of how this transition is taking place, what its effects on the current leaders and policies are, and how the system might evolve in the future.

Table of Contents

Preface.

1. Introduction.

2. The Chinese Tradition.

3. Reformers, Warlords, and Communists.

4. The Communist Road to Power.

5. PRC Politics under Mao: 1949-1976.

6. PRC Politics in the Post-Mao Era: 1976-1998.

7. The Politics of the Economy.

8. Crime and Punishment: The Legal System of the PRC.

9. The Role of the Military.

10. Education.

11. Quality-of-Life Issues: Health, Demography, and the Environment.

12. Conformity and Dissent: The Politics of the Arts and Journalism.

13. Ethnic Minorities and National Integration.

14. Foreign Policy.

15. Conclusions.

Selected Bibliography.

Index.