LEADER 03507nam 2200529 a 450 001 9910777007503321 005 20231003171025.0 010 $a0-231-50215-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000445323 035 $a(EBL)909066 035 $a(OCoLC)213305951 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000121367 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129540 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121367 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10115262 035 $a(PQKB)11501979 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909066 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL909066 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10183452 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL666594 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000445323 100 $a20030804d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChina's democratic future $ehow it will happen and where it will lead /$fBruce Gilley 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages) 311 0 $a0-231-13085-6 311 0 $a0-231-13084-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-286) and index. 327 $aCover ; 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 330 $aPublisher'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 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. 606 $aDemocracy$zChina 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1976-2002 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.951 700 $aGilley$b Bruce$f1966-$0254401 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777007503321 996 $aChina's democratic future$9748653 997 $aUNINA