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China's Deep Reform: Domestic Politics in Transition
Author(s): Lowell Dittmer (Editor), Guoli Liu
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
- Publication Date: 7 April 2006
- Language: English
- Print length: 532 pages
- ISBN-10: 074253930X
- ISBN-13: 9780742539303
Book Description
These carefully selected essays by leading scholars have been revised and updated for this text. In addition, a substantive introduction and conclusion place the articles in their broader context for readers new to the subject. With the successful transition of the leadership of the party, state, and military since 2002, the time is ripe for a comprehensive evaluation of China’s deep reform as it enters a new stage. This timely reader will offer students, scholars, and policymakers invaluable insights into the dynamics of change in one of the world’s emerging political and economic dynamos.
Contributions by: Marc Blecher, Bruce J. Dickson, Lowell Dittmer, Joseph Fewsmith, Ting Gong, Baogang Guo, William Hurst, Cheng Li, Guoli Liu, Andrew J. Nathan, Kevin J. O’Brien, Veronica Pearson, Randall Peerenboom, Yingyi Qian, Tony Saich, Tianjian Shi, Edward S. Steinfeld, Shaoguang Wang, Lynn White, Yu-Shan Wu, and Guobin Yang
Editorial Reviews
Review
This impressive anthology presents a selection of articles on China”s post-Mao reform, which together offer a detailed analysis of their political and economic effects both in China and abroad.
This comprehensive anthology of China”s domestic politics presents revised and updated book chapters and journal articles by leading China scholars. . . . Highly recommended.
Lowell Dittmer and Guoli Liu have created a remarkably comprehensive anthology of some of the most incisive analyses of the fundamental trends and challenges of contemporary Chinese political, economic, and societal reality. Moreover, their introduction and conclusion provide an elegant overview of the evolution of reform-era China, from Deng Xiaoping to Jiang Zemin and now Hu Jintao, and of the challenges that remain. — Brantly Womack, University of Virginia
This collection of essays by some of the leading China scholars in the United States is both an invaluable reference for students and scholars of contemporary China and an excellent reader for graduate and undergraduate Chinese politics courses. — Weixing Chen, East Tennessee State University
This is a fine collection of some of the best journal articles and book chapters in the contemporary Chinese politics field. Its comprehensive coverage makes it eminently suitable for classroom use and for those wishing to gain an informed and insightful overview of the state of the field. — Thomas P. Bernstein, Columbia University
About the Author
Guoli Liu is professor of political science at the College of Charleston.
