Merits And Demerits Of Political Systems In Dynastic China

Author : Mu Ch'ien
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9783662585146

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Merits and Demerits of Political Systems in Dynastic China by Mu Ch'ien Pdf

By comparing the political systems in different dynasties, this book illustrates the continuous evolution of traditional Chinese political systems, and evaluates the merits and demerits of the political systems in different dynasties. It also provides detailed records of the evolved government organizations, the names and functions of various offices, the titles and responsibilities of officials. The book consists of five chapters, each of which focuses on one of the five dynasties respectively -- Han, Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing, and a concluding summary. Combining historical facts and anecdotes from history to make the discussion straightforward, interesting, and easy to understand, this is an ideal book for anyone interested in the history of China, particularly its traditional political systems.

Author : Yasheng Huang
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300274912

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The Rise and Fall of the EAST by Yasheng Huang Pdf

The long history of China’s relationship between stability, diversity, and prosperity, and how its current leadership threatens this delicate balance Chinese society has been shaped by the interplay of the EAST—exams, autocracy, stability, and technology—from ancient times through the present. Beginning with the Sui dynasty’s introduction of the civil service exam, known as Keju, in 587 CE—and continuing through the personnel management system used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—Chinese autocracies have developed exceptional tools for homogenizing ideas, norms, and practices. But this uniformity came with a huge downside: stifled creativity. Yasheng Huang shows how China transitioned from dynamism to extreme stagnation after the Keju was instituted. China’s most prosperous periods, such as during the Tang dynasty (618–907) and under the reformist CCP, occurred when its emphasis on scale (the size of bureaucracy) was balanced with scope (diversity of ideas). Considering China’s remarkable success over the past half-century, Huang sees signs of danger in the political and economic reversals under Xi Jinping. The CCP has again vaulted conformity above new ideas, reverting to the Keju model that eventually led to technological decline. It is a lesson from China’s own history, Huang argues, that Chinese leaders would be wise to take seriously.

Author : John Keane,Baogang He
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197629130

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China's Galaxy Empire by John Keane,Baogang He Pdf

In China's Galaxy Empire target a development of enormous significance: China's return, after two centuries of decline and subjugation, to a position of prominence in world affairs. The daring thesis is that China is a newly rising empire of a kind never before witnessed: a galaxy empire. The first to be born of the digital communications era, this young empire is economically and politically powerful, and heavily armed. Its gravitational, push-pull effects are impacting every continent--and even outer space, where China is competing with the United States, India, and Europe to become the leading power. The galaxy empire interpretation rejects clich?d misdescriptions of China as a "big power" or monolithic "autocracy", and it explains why China defies older definitions of land, sea, and air-based empires. The book charts the developments that have made its rising empire so novel, including the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative, the rapid rise of a global Chinese middle class, and internal colonialism in Tibet and Xinjiang. The book notes the protean, shapeshifting qualities of this young empire. It therefore warns against the political and military perils of simple-minded, friend-versus-enemy thinking and "Big China, Bad China" politics. But it also proffers a forewarning to China's rulers: while every rising empire aims to shift the balance of power in its favour, no empire lasts forever, and some are stillborn, because they indulge illusions of greatness and reckless power adventures.

Author : Vai Io Lo
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781785363092

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Law and Society in China by Vai Io Lo Pdf

Law and Society in China examines the interplay between law and society from imperial to present-day China. This synoptic book traces the developments of law in Chinese societies, investigates the role of law in social governance, and discusses China’s ongoing reforms towards the rule of law with Chinese characteristics. In fostering a comprehensive, rather than piecemeal and disconnected, understanding of the interaction between law and society in China, this book will reduce misconceptions about and enhance appreciation for Chinese law.

Author : Michael D. Swaine,Sara A. Daly,Peter W. Greenwood
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833048301

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Interpreting China's Grand Strategy by Michael D. Swaine,Sara A. Daly,Peter W. Greenwood Pdf

China's continuing rapid economic growth and expanding involvement in global affairs pose major implications for the power structure of the international system. To more accurately and fully assess the significance of China's emergence for the United States and the global community, it is necessary to gain a more complete understanding of Chinese security thought and behavior. This study addresses such questions as: What are China's most fundamental national security objectives? How has the Chinese state employed force and diplomacy in the pursuit of these objectives over the centuries? What security strategy does China pursue today and how will it evolve in the future? The study asserts that Chinese history, the behavior of earlier rising powers, and the basic structure and logic of international power relations all suggest that, although a strong China will likely become more assertive globally, this possibility is unlikely to emerge before 2015-2020 at the earliest. To handle this situation, the study argues that the United States should adopt a policy of realistic engagement with China that combines efforts to pursue cooperation whenever possible; to prevent, if necessary, the acquisition by China of capabilities that would threaten America's core national security interests; and to remain prepared to cope with the consequences of a more assertive China.

Author : Daniel A. Bell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400883486

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The China Model by Daniel A. Bell Pdf

How China's political model could prove to be a viable alternative to Western democracy Westerners tend to divide the political world into "good" democracies and “bad” authoritarian regimes. But the Chinese political model does not fit neatly in either category. Over the past three decades, China has evolved a political system that can best be described as “political meritocracy.” The China Model seeks to understand the ideals and the reality of this unique political system. How do the ideals of political meritocracy set the standard for evaluating political progress (and regress) in China? How can China avoid the disadvantages of political meritocracy? And how can political meritocracy best be combined with democracy? Daniel Bell answers these questions and more. Opening with a critique of “one person, one vote” as a way of choosing top leaders, Bell argues that Chinese-style political meritocracy can help to remedy the key flaws of electoral democracy. He discusses the advantages and pitfalls of political meritocracy, distinguishes between different ways of combining meritocracy and democracy, and argues that China has evolved a model of democratic meritocracy that is morally desirable and politically stable. Bell summarizes and evaluates the “China model”—meritocracy at the top, experimentation in the middle, and democracy at the bottom—and its implications for the rest of the world. A timely and original book that will stir up interest and debate, The China Model looks at a political system that not only has had a long history in China, but could prove to be the most important political development of the twenty-first century.

Author : Fred Dallmayr,Zhao Tingyang
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813140636

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Contemporary Chinese Political Thought by Fred Dallmayr,Zhao Tingyang Pdf

Westerners seem united in the belief that China has emerged as a major economic power and that this success will most likely continue indefinitely. But they are less certain about the future of China's political system. China's steps toward free market capitalism have led many outsiders to expect increased democratization and a more Western political system. The Chinese, however, have developed their own version of capitalism. Westerners view Chinese politics through the lens of their own ideologies, preventing them from understanding Chinese goals and policies. In Contemporary Chinese Political Thought: Debates and Perspectives, Fred Dallmayr and Zhao Tingyang bring together leading Chinese intellectuals to debate the main political ideas shaping the rapidly changing nation. Investigating such topics as the popular "China Model", the resurgence of Chinese Confucianism and its applications to the modern world, and liberal socialism, the contributors move beyond usual analytical frameworks toward what Dallmayr and Zhao call "a dismantling of ideological straitjackets." Comprising a broad range of opinions and perspectives, Contemporary Chinese Political Thought is the most up-to-date examination in English of modern Chinese political attitudes and discourse. Features contributions from Ji Wenshun, Zhou Lian, Zhao Tingyang, Zhang Feng, Liu Shuxian, Chen Ming, He Baogang, Ni Peimin, Ci Jiwei, Cui Zhiyuan, Frank Fang, Wang Shaoguang, and Cheng Guangyun.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1060 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Kōbe-shi (Japan)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118907844

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The Japan Chronicle by Anonim Pdf

Author : Quanxi Gao,Wei Zhang,Feilong Tian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783662456378

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The Road to the Rule of Law in Modern China by Quanxi Gao,Wei Zhang,Feilong Tian Pdf

This book is a grand review of the centurial development of rule of law in China. It covers the most important issues in this area and presents “political constitution,” a new interpretative framework that allows the Chinese experience of rule of law to be more fully and correctly expressed. It is especially useful to scholars involved in the study of modern China. The main chapters of this book include: The Constituent Movement in the Late Qing Dynasty; The Xinhai (1911) Revolution; Constitution-making at the Beginning of the Republic of China; The Great Revolution in the 1920s; The Rise of the Party State and its Transition; The Founding of 1949 New China and its Early Constitutional Development; and The Dualist System of Rule of Law in the Reforming Times.

Author : Derk Bodde
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400853328

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Essays on Chinese Civilization by Derk Bodde Pdf

This collection of twenty-one articles represents some of the major writings by one of the United States' leading Sinologists, Derk Bodde. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : M. Aoki,G. Roland,Timur Kuran
Publisher : Springer
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137034014

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Institutions and Comparative Economic Development by M. Aoki,G. Roland,Timur Kuran Pdf

This collection of essays from eminent scholars discusses different phases and measures of economic development, evaluating the success of national economic transitions and providing valuable policy lessons for developing economies.

Author : Michael Loewe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000508475

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Imperial China by Michael Loewe Pdf

First published in 1966, Imperial China sets out to explain China’s past histories to non-specialists. Too often the West has misunderstood the East. China is credited with an excessively long cultural history; with a continuous line of dynastic succession; with uniformly practised institutions; or with intellectual stagnation. Michael Loewe sets out here to dispel some of these misconceptions, and to mark the stages in the evolution of China’s political forms, social organizations and economic progress that can be traced from the days of the first empire (from 221 B.C.) until the dynamic changes of the nineteenth century. He believes that a full understanding of modern China depends on a more than perfunctory glance at her past and has tried to provide the general historical context. The author is well aware that, thanks to the research of the last fifty years, it is now possible and indeed requisite to reach a deeper understanding of China's past. This book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of Chinese history, Asian history, history in general.

Author : June Teufel Dreyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317349648

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China's Political System by June Teufel Dreyer Pdf

A concise introduction to the political, economic, and social factors that determine China's government Highly respected specialist June Teufel Dreyer offers expert analysis of the challenges facing China's economic, legal, military, social, and cultural institutions while examining the historical context and current trends. China's Political System asks readers to think about the broader problem of governance in China by comprehensively showing how the past and present impact leaders, citizens, ethnic minorities, and policies. Note: This is just the standalone book.

Author : Charles Kupchan
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199739394

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No One's World by Charles Kupchan Pdf

Argues that as China, India, Brazil and other emerging powers rise, the founding ideals of the West will not continue to spread, and that in the near future, Europe and the United States will need to fashion a new consensus with these powers on issues of legitimacy, sovereignty and governance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : American Philosophical Society
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1422377199

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Transactions, American Philosophical Society (vol. 36, Part 1, 1946) by Anonim Pdf