Whither China S Democracy Democratization In China Since The Tiananmen Incident

Author : Joseph Y. S. CHENG
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789629371814

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Whither China's Democracy? Democratization in China Since the Tiananmen Incident by Joseph Y. S. CHENG Pdf

This weighty monograph offers a thoughtful assessment of one of globally raising China’s most profound political issues—democratization since the 1989 Tiananmen Incident. Not exactly a “looking back” retrospective nor a typical commemorative work, this book harbors a more forward prospecting approach with 13 substantive chapters yielding informed analysis and insightful interpretations of various key issues. The core subjects range from legal foundation of Chinese democracy, middle-class politics, Internet based-democratization debates and pro-democratic mobilizations, civic society activism, to the external and international media’s inputs, democracy and China’s ethnic minorities; and PRC-Vatican interface. Published by City University of Hong Kong Press. 香港城市大學出版社出版。

Author : Joseph Y. S. Cheng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9629374889

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Whither China's Democracy? by Joseph Y. S. Cheng Pdf

Author : Suisheng Zhao
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415926947

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China and Democracy by Suisheng Zhao Pdf

This timely collection brings together many well-known scholars to systematically explore China's current government and assess that transition toward democracy. The contributors seek to bridge the gap between normative theories of democracy and empirical studies of China's political development by providing a comprehensive overview of China's domestic history, economy, and public political ideologies.

Author : Yijiang Ding
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774842105

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Chinese Democracy after Tiananmen by Yijiang Ding Pdf

In 1989, most observers believed that China's political reform process had been violently short-circuited, but few would now dispute that China is in a very important transition. Central to this transition has been an extraordinary change in the formal intellectual conception of 'democracy.' In this book, Yijiang Ding presents a multi-dimensional picture of China at the political crossroads. Chinese Democracy looks at the significant change in the state-society relationship in contemporary China in three interrelated areas: intellectual, social, and cultural. Drawing heavily on recent Chinese scholarship, Ding shows that the emergent theory on the dualism of state and society is contemporaneous with a new cognitive and cultural appreciation of the people's independence from state authority. Is China moving toward liberal democracy? Does Western engagement with China contribute economically and politically to this shift? These are the questions at the heart of the book. Which are especially timely, given the recent reconstruction of political regimes worldwide.

Author : Yongnian Zheng
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish Academic
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : China
ISBN : UCSD:31822033481375

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Will China Become Democratic? by Yongnian Zheng Pdf

This book takes a close look at major issues about China's democratisation, highlighting main barriers to democratisation and providing key angles to understanding China's great difficulties in making democratic progress. The author examines the possible linkages between elite, class and regime transition in China, and maintains that China's democratic development needs to be understood in the context of state-society relations, all the while emphasising that class power is playing an increasingly significant role in China's elite politics and the people's struggle for democracy.

Author : Jonathan Unger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015021884617

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The Pro-democracy Protests in China by Jonathan Unger Pdf

The mass protests that erupted in China during the spring of 1989 were not confined to Beijing and Shanghai. Cities and towns across China were engulfed by demonstrations. In this book, people who were on the spot that spring describe and analyze the upsurges of protest that erupted around them.

Author : Willy Wo-Lap Lam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317515777

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Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping by Willy Wo-Lap Lam Pdf

Renowned for his coverage of China's elite politics and leadership transitions, veteran Sinologist Willy Lam has produced the first book-length study in English of the rise of Xi Jinping--General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since November 2012. With rare insight, Lam describes Xi's personal history and his fascination with quasi-Maoist values, the factional politics through which he ascended, the configuration of power of the Fifth-Generation leadership, and the country's likely future directions under the charismatic "princeling." Despite an undistinguished career as a provincial administrator, Xi has rapidly amassed more power than his predecessors. He has overawed his rivals and shaken up the party-state hierarchy by launching large-scale anti-corruption and rectification campaigns. With a strong power base in the People's Liberation Army and a vision of China as an "awakening lion," Xi has been flexing China's military muscle in sovereignty rows with countries including Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines while trying to undermine the influence of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region. While Xi is still fine-tuning his art of governance, his zero tolerance for dissent and his preoccupation with upholding the privileges of the "red aristocracy" and the CCP's status as "perennial ruling party" do not bode well for economic, political, or cultural reforms. Lam takes a close look at Xi's ideological and political profile and considers how his conservative outlook might shape what the new strongman calls "the Great Renaissance of the Chinese race."

Author : Joseph Y.S. CHENG
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789629371975

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China by Joseph Y.S. CHENG Pdf

This volume presents a timely assessment of the Hu Wen Administration at the juncture of preparing a change of China s leadership in 2012 13. The assessment is important because the administration s apparent success tends to create a path-dependent orientation on the part of its successor. Bringing together a collection of nineteen major essays, this book offers a fresh perspective of evaluating the performance and achievements of China in the Hu Wen era in terms of economic development, the establishment of a rudimentary social security system and her rising international status. The new opportunities and challenges facing China, and how will the likely successors Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang handle those opportunities and challenges, as well as new policy programmes will also be discussed in greater detail. Each essay is written by experts and scholars from different academic disciplines and backgrounds to provide readers with a unique overview of their respective areas of expertise.

Author : Edmund S. K. Fung,Steven Drakeley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134468607

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Democracy in Eastern Asia by Edmund S. K. Fung,Steven Drakeley Pdf

With the ‘Asian Century’ now upon us, bringing with it many profound economic and political changes to the world order, it is very timely to assess the state of democracy in the Asian region. Focusing on Eastern Asia, this book provides such a review, highlighting lines of connections between the states and peoples of this complex and dynamic region. Featuring chapters on China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Myanmar, this book provides a detailed analysis of the state of democracy in each country or territory, and shows how each is different and distinctive, whilst simultaneously drawing out important similarities. Further, it provides up to date analysis of political changes in the region relating to the processes of democratization, and, in some cases, to the ongoing quest for democracy. Critically examining the current state of political development in the region, the chapters explore the issues and problems that challenge the region’s governments in terms of democratic transition, democratic consolidation, democratic improvement and good governance. With contributions from leading international scholars, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in Asian politics, and politics and democratization studies more broadly.

Author : Willy Wo-Lap Lam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134847440

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Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Communist Party by Willy Wo-Lap Lam Pdf

Whilst the Chinese Communist Party is one of the most powerful political institutions in the world, it is also one of the least understood, due to the party’s secrecy and tight control over the archives, the press and the Internet. Having governed the People’s Republic of China for nearly 70 years though, much interest remains into how this quintessentially Leninist party governs one-fifth of the world and runs the world’s second-largest economy. The Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Communist Party gives a comprehensive and multi-faceted picture of the party’s traditions and values – as well as its efforts to stay relevant in the twenty-first century. It uses a wealth of contemporary data and qualitative analysis to explore the intriguing relationship between the party on the one hand, and the government, the legal and judicial establishment and the armed forces, on the other. Tracing the influence of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, as well as Mao Zedong, on contemporary leaders ranging from Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping, the sections cover: the party’s history and traditions; how the party works and seeks to remain relevant; major policy arenas; the CCP in the twenty-first century. The Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Communist Party will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Politics, Asian Politics, Political Parties and International Relations. Go to https://www.bookshop4u.com/lw1 to see Willy Lam introduce the book.

Author : Wen-Chen Chang,Li-ann Thio,Kevin YL Tan,Jiunn-rong Yeh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1280 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781782252238

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Constitutionalism in Asia by Wen-Chen Chang,Li-ann Thio,Kevin YL Tan,Jiunn-rong Yeh Pdf

This book of text, cases and materials from Asia is designed for scholars and students of constitutional law and comparative constitutional law. The book is divided into 11 chapters, arranged thematically around key ideas and controversies, enabling the reader to work through the major facets of constitutionalism in the region. The book begins with a lengthy introduction that critically examines the study of constitutional orders in 'Asia', highlighting the histories, colonial influences, and cultural particularities extant in the region. This chapter serves both as a provisional orientation towards the major constitutional developments seen in Asia – both unique and shared with other regions – and as a guide to the controversies encountered in the study of constitutional law in Asia. Each of the following chapters is framed by an introductory essay setting out the issues and succinctly highlighting critical perspectives and themes. The approach is one of 'challenge and response', whereby questions of constitutional importance are posed and the reader is then led, by engaging with primary and secondary materials, through the way the various Asian states respond to these questions and challenges. Chapter segments are accompanied by notes, comments and questions to facilitate critical and comparative analysis, as well as recommendations for further reading.The book presents a representative range of Asian materials from jurisdictions including: Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea, Sri Lanka , Taiwan, Timor-Leste and the 10 ASEAN states.

Author : Leizhen Zang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811312502

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Re-understanding of Contemporary Chinese Political Development by Leizhen Zang Pdf

This book provides the solid and detailed evidence for some debated theories in Chinese studies, based on quantitative-qualitative analysis or mixed methods, which is quite novel compared with the extant work through qualitative or quantitative research alone. In addition, the country's latest particular political phenomena, such as anti-corruption campaigns in the Xi Jinping era or career satisfaction of graduate village officials, have been carefully studied. What’s more, the current situation of political development and participation in the Internet era is fully discussed from a comparative historical perspective. Such examples as the cybereconomy of Chinese rural areas together with the regional differentiation of voting behaviors between rural and urban areas are the focus of investigation. Meanwhile, the legitimacy and characteristics of China’s governance, and government reforms along with the adaptability of foreign theories are also illustrated in this book.

Author : Leta Hong Fincher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350323650

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Leftover Women by Leta Hong Fincher Pdf

A China Books Review Best China Book of 2023 Leta Hong Fincher's landmark book Leftover Women shone a light on the resurgence of gender inequality in 21st-century China. Ten years on, women in China continue to experience a dramatic rolling back of rights and gains in the increasingly patriarchal political climate of the Xi Jinping era. Leftover Women explores the structural discrimination against women and the broader problems with China's economy, politics, and development that lie behind it. This updated edition includes a new preface exploring developments in China in the 10 years since the book's original publication, including the new "three child policy", the growth in online feminist and LGBTQ activism and the state's increasingly repressive moves against dissent.

Author : Pál Nyíri,Danielle Tan
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295999319

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Chinese Encounters in Southeast Asia by Pál Nyíri,Danielle Tan Pdf

This is the first book to focus explicitly on how China’s rise as a major economic and political actor has affected societies in Southeast Asia. It examines how Chinese investors, workers, tourists, bureaucrats, longtime residents, and adventurers interact throughout Southeast Asia. The contributors use case studies to show the scale of Chinese influence in the region and the ways in which various countries mitigate their unequal relationship with China by negotiating asymmetry, circumventing hegemony, and embracing, resisting, or manipulating the terms dictated by Chinese capital.

Author : Alynna J. Lyon,Christine A. Gustafson,Paul Christopher Manuel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319713779

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Pope Francis as a Global Actor by Alynna J. Lyon,Christine A. Gustafson,Paul Christopher Manuel Pdf

Pope Francis confuses many observers because his papacy does not fit neatly into any pre-established classificatory schemes. To gain a deeper appreciation of Francis’s complicated papacy, this volume proposes that an interdisciplinary approach, fusing concepts derived from moral theology and the social sciences, may properly situate Pope Francis as a global political entrepreneur. The chapters in this volume ask what difference it makes that he is the first pope from Latin America, how and why different countries in the world respond to him, how his understanding of scripture informs his ideas on economic, social, and environmental policy, and where politics meets theology under Francis. In the end, this volume seeks to provide a more robust understanding of the enigmatic papacy of Francis.