LEADER 03135nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910777813103321 005 20230721031546.0 010 $a1-281-14913-6 010 $a9786611149130 010 $a0-19-151413-6 010 $a1-4294-7051-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473524 035 $a(EBL)415156 035 $a(OCoLC)560565911 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000121329 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142654 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121329 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10092867 035 $a(PQKB)11456916 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415156 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415156 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167532 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL114913 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473524 100 $a20060817d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChina modernizes$b[electronic resource] $ethreat to the West or model for the rest? /$fRandall Peerenboom 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (423 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-920834-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [298]-393) and index. 327 $aContents; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: two opposing views of China; 2. De?ja? 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; B 327 $aCD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z 330 $aTwo 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 606 $aHuman rights$zChina 606 $aDemocracy$zChina 606 $aGlobalization$zChina 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y2002- 607 $aChina$xEconomic conditions$y2000- 615 0$aHuman rights 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aGlobalization 676 $a320.951 700 $aPeerenboom$b R. P$g(Randall P.),$f1958-$0280593 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777813103321 996 $aChina modernizes$91216981 997 $aUNINA