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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778025203321

Autore

Yu Keping

Titolo

Democracy is a good thing [[electronic resource] ] : essays on politics, society, and culture in contemporary China / / Yu Keping

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-13120-6

9786612131202

0-8157-0167-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

The Thornton Center Chinese thinkers series

Disciplina

320.951

Soggetti

Democracy - China

China Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from Chinese.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-205) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Democracy is a good thing -- The study of political science and public administration in China : an overview -- The seventeenth Party Congress and the agenda for China's political reforms -- China's civil society : conceptual definitions, types, and background -- The characteristics of Chinese civil society : administrative regulations and institutional environment -- Civil society organizations : challenges and responses -- Culture and modernity in the Chinese intellectual discourse : a historical perspective -- The transformation of Chinese culture since the launching of reform : a historical perspective -- China's economic modernization and sustainability -- Harmony between man and nature : China's environmental practices and challenges -- Preserving China's autonomy in the era of globalization -- Federalism in modern China : concepts and experiments -- A harmonious world and global governance : a Chinese perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

"Presents selections of works of Yu Keping, a Chinese intellectual and figure in official think tanks, on politics and democracy that reveal the ongoing debates in Chinese political and intellectual circles on democratic reform and where China's political development is heading"--Provided by publisher.