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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450664503321

Autore

Gilley Bruce <1966->

Titolo

China's democratic future [[electronic resource] ] : how it will happen and where it will lead / / Bruce Gilley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-231-50215-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (563 p.)

Disciplina

320.951

Soggetti

Democracy - China

Electronic books.

China Politics and government 1976-2002

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; Introduction; Part 1: Crisis; 1. Democracy and China; 2. Broken Promises; 3. The Bane of CCP Rule; 4. Resources for Change; Part 2: Transition; 5. Breakdown and Mobilization; 6. The Democratic Breakthrough; 7. The Immediate Aftermath; Part 3: Consolidation; 8. The Political Challenge; 9. Refurbishing Economic and Social Life; 10. A Changed International Role; Conclusion; Afterword; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The end of communist rule in China will be one of the most momentous events of the twenty-first century, sounding the death knell for the Marxist-Leninist experiment and changing the lives of a fifth of humanity. This book provides a likely blow-by-blow account of how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and how a new democracy will be born.In more than half a century of rule, the Chinese Communist Party has turned a poor and benighted China into a moderately well-off and increasingly influential nation. Yet the Party has failed to keep pace with change since stepping aside f