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China modernizes [[electronic resource] ] : threat to the West or model for the rest? / / Randall Peerenboom



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Autore: Peerenboom R. P (Randall P.), <1958-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: China modernizes [[electronic resource] ] : threat to the West or model for the rest? / / Randall Peerenboom Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (423 p.)
Disciplina: 320.951
Soggetto topico: Human rights - China
Democracy - China
Globalization - China
Soggetto geografico: China Politics and government 2002-
China Economic conditions 2000-
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-393) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; B
CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Sommario/riassunto: Two 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
Titolo autorizzato: China modernizes  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-14913-6
9786611149130
0-19-151413-6
1-4294-7051-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827703803321
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