Autocratic Tradition And Chinese Politics

Author : Zhengyuan Fu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521442281

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Autocratic Tradition and Chinese Politics by Zhengyuan Fu Pdf

This book examines the Chinese political tradition over the past two thousand years and argues that the enduring and most important feature of this tradition is autocracy. The author interprets the communist takeover of 1949 not as a revolution but as a continuation of the imperial tradition. The book shows how Mao Zedong revitalised this autocratic tradition along five lines: the use of ideology for political control; concentration of power in the hands of a few; state power over all aspects of life; law as a tool wielded by the ruler, who is himself above the law; and the subjection of the individual to the state. Using a statist approach, the book argues that in China political action of the state has been the single most important factor in determining socio-economic change.

Author : June Teufel Dreyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015029197228

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China's Political System by June Teufel Dreyer Pdf

"This text demonstrates how the government of China has been significantly affected by attempts to harmonize the unique nature of its indigenous culture with a variety of influences and ideas from the outside world." "China faces many challenges to its traditional economic, legal, social, and cultural structures. China's Political System: Modernization and Tradition provides students with a clear sense of how this transition is taking place, what its effects on current leaders and policies are, and how the system might evolve in the future."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : David M. Bachman,Dali L. Yang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781315488950

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Yin Jiaqi and China's Struggle for Democracy by David M. Bachman,Dali L. Yang Pdf

In the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen incident, Yin Jiagi has emerged as a leading Chinese dissident and theorist of the Democracy Movement. This collection of essays documents his views on a range of subjects, crucial to China's future.

Author : Ai Janette Jiawen
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814596770

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Politics And Traditional Culture: The Political Use Of Traditions In Contemporary China by Ai Janette Jiawen Pdf

This book examines the political use of China's traditions by the party-state in contemporary China. It argues that the party-state has taken an official Marxist stance in terms of the political use of tradition. Besides looking at the official Marxist stance, this book also looks at critiques of the party-state's use of traditions by the Liberalists and Neo-traditionalists. The underlying political ideologies of these three camps are Marxism, Liberalism and Neo-traditionalism. These three political ideologies have been the most influential in Chinese politics since the Republican Revolution in 1911. The contemporary political use of China's traditions is a competition between Marxism, Liberalism and Neo-traditionalism. This competition is critical to the future of Chinese politics.This book also examines three cases, representing identical ways of the political use of traditions. The three cases are the children's reading-of-the-classics movement, the construction of a Chinese Cultural Symbolic City, the construction and subsequent removal of a statue of Confucius in and from Tiananmen Square, and the revision of the official list of public holidays. The study of the three cases attempts to shed light on the three ways Chinese traditions have been used politically by the party-state. It also attempts to explore the reasons for the party's use of Chinese traditions, the reasons for the party's scepticism with regard to using Chinese traditions, and more importantly, the competition and/or cooperation between Marxists, Liberalists and Neo-traditionalists.

Author : Jyrki Kallio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : China
ISBN : 9517692943

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Tradition in Chinese Politics by Jyrki Kallio Pdf

"This study discusses the role of history and tradition in the legitimization of the state in the People's Republic of China. In Chinese political debate, history has traditionally been the most important source of argumentation. Today, the Party-state is reinventing history and tradition to bolster its legitimacy, but the project has met with opposition. This study introduces and analyzes the related debate, ongoing among various actors in different public fora in China, and engaged in both by those affiliated with the Party-state and those outside the establishment"--Summary.

Author : Zhengyuan Fu
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 1563247798

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China's Legalists by Zhengyuan Fu Pdf

This study focuses on the Legalists, an ancient school of Chinese philosophy, which perfected the science of government and art of statecraft. It gives an insight into the style of the Legalists' discourse and its impact on Chinese institutions and practices.

Author : Anita M. Andrew,John A. Rapp
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0847695808

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Autocracy and China's Rebel Founding Emperors by Anita M. Andrew,John A. Rapp Pdf

What kind of 'ruler' was Mao Zedong? Utilizing a rich mix of analysis and new translations, this book examines other imperial predecessors and the elements linking Mao and Ming Taizu, the fourteenth-century peasant rebel who founded the Ming dynasty, as well as critiques of Western and Chinese scholarship. The book then presents translations with commentary of PRC scholars on Taizu and Mao, showing the evolution in Chinese though toward both rulers from the Cultural Revolution to the Deng Xiaoping reform era.

Author : Shiping Hua,Andrew J. Nathan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315500478

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Chinese Political Culture by Shiping Hua,Andrew J. Nathan Pdf

Until this book, there has been no comprehensive, methodologically aware study of all aspects of Chinese political culture. The book is organized into three major areas: Chinese identities and popular culture (regional identities, anti-politics attitudes, Hong Kong identity); public opinion surveys (the Beijing area, Chinese workers, the Shanghai area); and ideological debates (the "new" Confucianism, masculinity and Confucianism, why authoritarianism is popular in China, the decline of Chinese official ideology). Here is the first work that reveals just how much, how rapidly, and how dramatically China is changing and why our perceptions of China must keep pace.

Author : Jonathan Unger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315291116

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The Nature of Chinese Politics: From Mao to Jiang by Jonathan Unger Pdf

This book describes and analyzes how politics among the Chinese leadership has operated and evolved from the period of Mao's court up to the present day. Part I explores politics under Mao and Deng. For this section the five leading western analysts of elite Chinese politics -- Lowell Dittmer, Lucian Pye, Frederick Teiwes, Andrew Nathan, and Tsou Tang -- have contributed major papers that measure the empirical evidence against political science theory, recent Chinese history, and Chinese political culture. Part II explores and analyzes the ongoing changes in Chinese politics during Jiang's tenure, and includes analyzes by almost all the leading English-language scholars in the field.

Author : Zhengyuan Fu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : China
ISBN : 1315285258

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China's Legalists by Zhengyuan Fu Pdf

Author : Lucian W. Pye
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass : M.I.T. Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Authority
ISBN : UOM:39015008236203

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The Spirit of Chinese Politics by Lucian W. Pye Pdf

Author : Eberhard Sandschneider
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015047527737

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The Study of Modern China by Eberhard Sandschneider Pdf

This volume of essays has been written in honour of Jurgen Domes, a scholar who has spent his academic life striving to interpret political developments in the People's Republic of China and in Taiwan. Domes was one of the first political scientists to apply the analytical instruments of their discipline to the study of Chinese politics.

Author : C J Barker
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781835740682

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Hungry Ghosts by C J Barker Pdf

The lives of Vic Woods and Ruth Wolfe, working-class teenagers from Liverpool and London, are profoundly disrupted by the arrival of World War II. Ruth’s journey leads her to aerial photographic interpretation, though her aspirations for advancement are denied, while Vic’s wartime experiences with bomber command haunt him long after the war is over. Their post-war marriage and tumultuous relationship with their son, James, make for a gripping narrative of trauma, conflict and, ultimately, love. Set against the backdrop of World War II and the social upheaval of the late 1960s, Hungry Ghosts transports readers into the drama of two pivotal eras in history, exploring the intergenerational impact of war, particularly on the intricate relationships between fathers and sons. Hungry Ghosts is not just a war story; it’s a timeless exploration of family bonds and the indelible scars left by war.

Author : Neil Collins,Andrew Cottey
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781526129796

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Understanding Chinese politics by Neil Collins,Andrew Cottey Pdf

The Chinese political system is the subject of much media and popular comment in part because China supports an economy with an apparently inexorable dynamic and impressive record of achievement. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to China’s political system, outlining the major features of the Chinese model and highlighting its claims and challenges. It explores the central role of the Communist Party in the country’s politics and the way in which the Party controls most elements of the political system. The book also draws parallels with previous historical periods in China’s history. Finally, it addresses the question of what kind of role the People's Republic of China will play in global politics as a whole, the implications for the West and the rebalancing of relations between China and its neighbours.

Author : Harold C. Hinton
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035569206

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An Introduction to Chinese Politics by Harold C. Hinton Pdf