Unstately power / / Lynn T. White, III

• Autore: White Lynn T., III, <1941-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (800 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.40951; 338.951
• Soggetto topico: Local government - China; Entrepreneurship - China; Political planning - China; Power (Social sciences) - China; Politics and culture - China; Law reform - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Economic policy 1976-2000
• Note generali: "An East Gate book."; "Written under the auspices of the Center of International Studies, Princeton University and the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong."; First published 1999 by M.E. Sharpe.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Shanghai Delta Map""; ""Provinces of China Map""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Romanizations""; ""A Note about Wordings""; ""Tables""; ""Plates""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Part 2, Legitimation: Local Seers Reform Political Truth-Commitment After Campaigns""; ""2.1 Reform of Ideology""; ""2.2 Reform of Religion""; ""2.3 Reform of Media""; ""2.4 Reform of the Arts""; ""a. Painting and Visual Arts""; ""b. Literature, Theater, and Film""; ""Plates""; ""c. Music""; ""2.5 Reforms of Entitlement Support"" ; ""a. Housing and Residents""""b. Transport Infrastructure and Commuters""; ""c. Relief and Pensioners""; ""d. Health and Environment for Citizens""; ""e. Birth Planning and Parents""; ""f. Opportunities and Women""; ""g. School Finance and Students""; ""h. Ethnic Respect and Minorities""; ""Part 3, Sanctions: Commanders Reform Political Tradition-Coercive Incentives by State and Nonstate Communities""; ""Sanctions and Communities in Reforms""; ""Families and their Imitators""; ""Identity Groups Define Corruption or Rent""; ""Patronism and Leninism""; ""3.1 Sanctioning Agencies"" ; ""a. Police""""b. Army ""; ""c. Courts and Lawyers""; ""3.2 The Control of Social Groups""; ""a. Workers""; ""b. Academics""; ""c. Students""; ""Part 4, Steering: Statesmen Reform Political Structure-Authoritarianism, Liberalism, and Alternatives""; ""Divisions by Flexibility: The Combination of Lions and Foxes""; ""Divisions by Administrative Level: The Community Consensus Rule""; ""Divisions by Space: Mid-Level Rule from Cities""; ""Divisions by Faith in Particular State Leaders""; ""4.1 Leadership Selection""; ""a. Cadre Appointments""; ""b. Cadre Retirements""; ""c. Local Elections"" ; ""4.2 Policy Selection""""a. Legislating""; ""b. Gathering Opinions""; ""c. Demonstrating""; ""4.3 Selection of Political Structure""; ""a. Constitutional Rights and Duties""; ""b. Proposals for Changing Political Structure""; ""c. Antidemocratic Scientism""; ""d. Regime Types: Modern Options in Theory""; ""e. Actual Reforms of Structure: Party or Management""; ""Conclusion: China Changes""; ""Long-Term Rationality""; ""Causal Circumspection: Reasoning in Multiple Dimensions""; ""Centralizations and Decentralizations: State and Nonstate""; ""Civil and Uncivil Institutions"" ; ""Reconciliation vs. Memory in Postrevolutionary Politics""""Cold Shower vs. Slow Reforms: Reactions to Communism's Demise""; ""Predicting the Future""; ""Sources""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: A critique of America's flawed Asia policy that centres on US-Japan relations but harkens back to the same disastrous views that drew America into Vietnam.
• Titolo autorizzato: Unstately power
• ISBN: 1-317-47836-3; 1-315-70694-6; 0-585-22645-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821983603321
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