State and Society in 21st Century China: Crisis, Contention and Legitimation (Asia's Transformations) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415332044 ISBN 13: 9780415332040

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

Written by a team of leading China scholars, this book explores the dynamics of state power and legitimation in twenty-first century China, and the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People's Republic. Key subjects covered include:

• the legitimacy of the Communist Party
• state-society relations
• ethnic and religious resistance
• rural and urban contention
• nationalism
• popular and youth culture
• prospects for democracy.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Hays Gries is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the university of Colorado, Boulder and Co-Director of the Sino-American Security Dialogue. He is author of China's New Nationalism: Pride, Politics and Diplomacy.

Stanley Rosen is Professor in the School of Political Science at the University of Southern California. He has published widely on China and his books include: Red Guard Factionalism and the Cultural Revolution in Guangzhou and Policy Conflicts in Post-Mao China: A Documentary Survey with Analysis.

Review:

'State and Society in 21st-Century China is an anthology of excellent articles.' - International Affairs

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0415332044
• ISBN 13: 9780415332040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Hays Gries Peter, Rosen Stanley