02894nam 2200673Ia 450 991045540860332120200520144314.00-674-04197-610.4159/9780674041974(CKB)1000000000787104(StDuBDS)AH21620460(SSID)ssj0000158976(PQKBManifestationID)11149705(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158976(PQKBWorkID)10150036(PQKB)10383800(MiAaPQ)EBC3300201(Au-PeEL)EBL3300201(CaPaEBR)ebr10314208(OCoLC)923110156(DE-B1597)574446(DE-B1597)9780674041974(EXLCZ)99100000000078710419931230d1994 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrFrom reform to revolution[electronic resource] the demise of communism in China and the Soviet Union /Minxin PeiCambridge, MA Harvard University Press19941 online resource (264p. )illOriginally published: 1994.0-674-32563-X 0-674-32564-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-243) and index.Introduction Regime Transition in Communist States Explaining the Tocqueville Paradox China's Capitalist Revolution The Private Sector under Perestroika The Self-Liberalization of China's Mass Media The Liberal Takeover of the Soviet Mass Media under Glasnost Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments IndexThis is the first comprehensive effort to compare the recent political experiences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the People's Republic of China by tracing their overlapping and diverging paths of regime change.The demise of communism in the former Soviet Union and the massive political and economic changes in China are the stunning transformations of the 20th century this text argues. Two central questions are emerging: why did different communist systems experience different patterns of transition? and, why did partial reforms in the Soviet Union and China turn into revolutions?CommunismChinaCommunismSoviet UnionMass mediaChinaMass mediaSoviet UnionChinaEconomic conditions1976-2000Soviet UnionEconomic conditions1985-1991Electronic books.CommunismCommunismMass mediaMass media321.920947Pei Minxin501218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455408603321From reform to revolution2449246UNINA