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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821983603321

Autore

White Lynn T., III, <1941-, >

Titolo

Unstately power / / Lynn T. White, III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-47836-3

1-315-70694-6

0-585-22645-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (800 p.)

Disciplina

303.40951

338.951

Soggetti

Local government - China

Entrepreneurship - China

Political planning - China

Power (Social sciences) - China

Politics and culture - China

Law reform - China

China Economic policy 1976-2000

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An East Gate book."

"Written under the auspices of the Center of International Studies, Princeton University and the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong."

First published 1999 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Shanghai Delta Map""; ""Provinces of China Map""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Romanizations""; ""A Note about Wordings""; ""Tables""; ""Plates""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Part 2, Legitimation: Local Seers Reform Political Truth-Commitment After Campaigns""; ""2.1 Reform of Ideology""; ""2.2 Reform of Religion""; ""2.3 Reform of Media""; ""2.4 Reform of the Arts""; ""a. Painting and Visual Arts""; ""b. Literature, Theater, and Film""; ""Plates""; ""c. Music""; ""2.5 Reforms of Entitlement Support""

""a. Housing and Residents""""b. Transport Infrastructure and



Commuters""; ""c. Relief and Pensioners""; ""d. Health and Environment for Citizens""; ""e. Birth Planning and Parents""; ""f. Opportunities and Women""; ""g. School Finance and Students""; ""h. Ethnic Respect and Minorities""; ""Part 3, Sanctions: Commanders Reform Political Tradition-Coercive Incentives by State and Nonstate Communities""; ""Sanctions and Communities in Reforms""; ""Families and their Imitators""; ""Identity Groups Define Corruption or Rent""; ""Patronism and Leninism""; ""3.1 Sanctioning Agencies""

""a. Police""""b. Army ""; ""c. Courts and Lawyers""; ""3.2 The Control of Social Groups""; ""a. Workers""; ""b. Academics""; ""c. Students""; ""Part 4, Steering: Statesmen Reform Political Structure-Authoritarianism, Liberalism, and Alternatives""; ""Divisions by Flexibility: The Combination of Lions and Foxes""; ""Divisions by Administrative Level: The Community Consensus Rule""; ""Divisions by Space: Mid-Level Rule from Cities""; ""Divisions by Faith in Particular State Leaders""; ""4.1 Leadership Selection""; ""a. Cadre Appointments""; ""b. Cadre Retirements""; ""c. Local Elections""

""4.2 Policy Selection""""a. Legislating""; ""b. Gathering Opinions""; ""c. Demonstrating""; ""4.3 Selection of Political Structure""; ""a. Constitutional Rights and Duties""; ""b. Proposals for Changing Political Structure""; ""c. Antidemocratic Scientism""; ""d. Regime Types: Modern Options in Theory""; ""e. Actual Reforms of Structure: Party or Management""; ""Conclusion: China Changes""; ""Long-Term Rationality""; ""Causal Circumspection: Reasoning in Multiple Dimensions""; ""Centralizations and Decentralizations: State and Nonstate""; ""Civil and Uncivil Institutions""

""Reconciliation vs. Memory in Postrevolutionary Politics""""Cold Shower vs. Slow Reforms: Reactions to Communism's Demise""; ""Predicting the Future""; ""Sources""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

A critique of America's flawed Asia policy that centres on US-Japan relations but harkens back to the same disastrous views that drew America into Vietnam.