Chinese Democracy after Tiananmen

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: UBC Press 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions.
Social change.
Politics and government.
Democracy.
Social change > China.
Democracy > China.
China.
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 1976-2002.
Chine > Conditions sociales.
China > Politics and government > 1976-2002.
China > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Chinese Democracy after Tiananmen; 1 Introduction: Democracy in the Chinese Context; 2 Pre-Tiananmen Intellectual Rethinking of State and Society; 3 Post-Tiananmen Discussions; 4 Emerging Civil Society: Associations; 5 Reorganizing Rural Society: Village Self- Government; 6 Cultural Distinction and Psychological Independence; 7 Conclusion: Theory and Reality; Notes; Glossary of Chinese Terms; Bibliography of English- language Sources; Bibliography of Chinese Sources; Index.

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