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Autore |
Peerenboom R. P (Randall P.), <1958-> |
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Titolo |
China modernizes [[electronic resource] ] : threat to the West or model for the rest? / / Randall Peerenboom |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-14913-6 |
9786611149130 |
0-19-151413-6 |
1-4294-7051-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (423 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human rights - China |
Democracy - China |
Globalization - China |
Electronic books. |
China Politics and government 2002- |
China Economic conditions 2000- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-393) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: two opposing views of China; 2. Déjà vu all over again: China and the East Asian Model; 3. Taking rights seriously? Official policy and actual practice; 4. Social and economic rights, law and order, women's rights, and cultural rights; 5. Of rights and wrongs: why China is subject to a double standard on rights; 6. Institutional reform: rule of law and good governance; 7. Debating democracy; 8. What if China democratizes? What if it doesn't?; 9. Conclusion: modernity with modesty. The strengths and limits of the EAM; Endnotes; References; Index; A; B |
CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today; one of a rising superpower, and the other of an anachronistic, authoritarian regime. So which is the real China? Randall Peerenboom offers a controversial, first-hand account of modern China focusing on its economic, political |
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