02698nam 2200553 a 450 991045066450332120200520144314.00-231-50215-X(CKB)1000000000445323(EBL)909066(OCoLC)213305951(SSID)ssj0000121367(PQKBManifestationID)11129540(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121367(PQKBWorkID)10115262(PQKB)11501979(MiAaPQ)EBC909066(Au-PeEL)EBL909066(CaPaEBR)ebr10183452(CaONFJC)MIL666594(EXLCZ)99100000000044532320030804d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChina's democratic future[electronic resource] how it will happen and where it will lead /Bruce GilleyNew York Columbia University Press20041 online resource (563 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-13085-6 0-231-13084-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-286) and index.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; IndexThe 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 fDemocracyChinaChinaPolitics and government1976-2002Electronic books.Democracy320.951Gilley Bruce1966-254401MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450664503321China's democratic future748653UNINA