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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783961803321

Autore

Guo Xiaoqin

Titolo

State and society in China's democratic transition : Confucianism, Leninism, and economic development / / Xiaoqin Guo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-94417-2

1-135-94418-0

1-280-23192-0

1-282-37322-6

9786612373220

0-203-51550-1

0-203-49735-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

East Asia : history, politics, sociology, and culture

Disciplina

320.951

Soggetti

Democracy - China

Bureaucracy - China

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. 245-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

State-society configuration: strong state vs. weak society -- 1 Statist and societal explanations for the likelihood of a top-down transition -- 4 Hypotheses, sources, and methods -- 9 Hypotheses -- 9 Sources and methods -- 17 Plan of book -- 22  Chinese communist party and bureaucratic elite in post-Mao reform -- 29 Post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship: Effective political control over effective bureaucracy -- 31 Different approaches to post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship -- 31 The general office system -- 33 Explaining post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship -- 37 Confucian tradition and Chinese bureaucratic system -- 37 The development of leninist state system -- 43 CCP and the post-Mao reform -- 52 Bureaucratic elites' image of the post-Mao party leadership -- 56 The role of bureaucracy in China's democratic process -- 72 Different images of Chinese bureaucracy in the political process -- 73 Bureaucratic elites' self-interests in the political system -- 76



Bureaucratic elites' concern with unity and stability in China -- 78 Conclusion -- 85 Problems of political opposition in inducing democracy in China -- 91.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines China's process of democratic transition, and the role of state and society in this process.