03155nam 2200649 a 450 991082770380332120240418141658.01-281-14913-697866111491300-19-151413-61-4294-7051-8(CKB)1000000000473524(EBL)415156(OCoLC)560565911(SSID)ssj0000121329(PQKBManifestationID)11142654(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121329(PQKBWorkID)10092867(PQKB)11456916(MiAaPQ)EBC415156(Au-PeEL)EBL415156(CaPaEBR)ebr10167532(CaONFJC)MIL114913(EXLCZ)99100000000047352420060817d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChina modernizes[electronic resource] threat to the West or model for the rest? /Randall Peerenboom1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (423 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-920834-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-393) and index.Contents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: two opposing views of China; 2. Déjà vu all over again: China and the East Asian Model; 3. Taking rights seriously? Official policy and actual practice; 4. Social and economic rights, law and order, women's rights, and cultural rights; 5. Of rights and wrongs: why China is subject to a double standard on rights; 6. Institutional reform: rule of law and good governance; 7. Debating democracy; 8. What if China democratizes? What if it doesn't?; 9. Conclusion: modernity with modesty. The strengths and limits of the EAM; Endnotes; References; Index; A; BCD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZTwo sharply contrasting views of China exist today; one of a rising superpower, and the other of an anachronistic, authoritarian regime. So which is the real China? Randall Peerenboom offers a controversial, first-hand account of modern China focusing on its economic, political and legal attributes within the context of the developing world. - ;Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today. On the one hand a rising superpower predicted to have the largest economy in the world by mid century, on the other hand a brutal, anachronistic and authoritarian regime, a threat to geo-stability and Human rightsChinaDemocracyChinaGlobalizationChinaChinaPolitics and government2002-ChinaEconomic conditions2000-Human rightsDemocracyGlobalization320.951Peerenboom R. P(Randall P.),1958-280593MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827703803321China modernizes1216981UNINA