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Autore |
Gilley Bruce <1966-> |
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China's democratic future : how it will happen and where it will lead / / Bruce Gilley |
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New York, : Columbia University Press, 2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Democracy - China |
China Politics and government 1976-2002 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-286) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Publisher's description: 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 from daily life in the late-1970s. After nearly a hundred years of frustrating attempts to create a workable political system following the overthrow of the last dynasty, the prospects for democracy in China are better than ever, according to Bruce Gilley. Gilley predicts an elite-led transformation rather than a popular-led overthrow. He profiles the key actors and looks at the response of excluded elites, such as the military, as well as interested parties such as Taiwan and Tibet. He |
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explains how democracy in China will be very "Chinese," even as it will also embody fundamental universal liberal features. He deals with competing interests-regional, sectoral, and class-of China's economy and society under democracy, addressing the pressing concerns of world business. Finally he considers the implications for Asia as well as for the United States. |
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