China's Rise to Power Conceptions of State Governance

by Lee, Joseph Tse-Hei; Nedilsky, Lida V.; Cheung, Siu-Keung

• ISBN13: 9781137276735
• ISBN10: 1137276738
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-13
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

China's Rise to Power: Conceptions of State Governance examines how a twenty-first century contradictionthe country's combination of authoritarian rule and a market-oriented economy in state-led capitalismhas proven simultaneously appealing and a source of domestic dissatisfaction. Balancing policy analysis with detailed investigation of escalating popular unrest, this essay collection explores the discontent that stems from the Communist leadership's obsession with growth and control and anticipates new space for alternative governance. As the sixth-generation leaders come of age at this critical juncture, the way out of internal crises will not necessarily be the way of the Chinese Communist Party.

Author Biography

Joseph Tse-Hei Lee is a professor of History at Pace University, New York. Lida V. Nedilsky is a professor of Sociology at North Park University, Chicago. Siu-Keung Cheung is an associate professor of Sociology at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. They have previously coedited Marginalization in China: Recasting Minority Politics (2009).

Table of Contents

"An inspiring, highly diverse yet coherent collection of essays that explore the relationship between state and society in contemporary China. China's Rise to Power provides important insights into the strategies employed by the Chinese Communist Party to create an appealing image of its rule, and how various sections of Chinese society are responding to these attempts." - Frans-Paul van der Putten, senior research fellow, Netherlands Institute of International Relations