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Book SynopsisWhat an impressively successful venture! The authors are experts, who offer here authoritative, research-based, brand-new findings, excellent coverage of extant literature, new ideas and novel interpretations, analyses of controversies concerning their topics, and fascinating case studies. While specialists absolutely need to consult every chapter, its clarity and comprehensibility - plus its provision of definitions and distinctions - mean it is pitched such that even the totally uninitiated can absorb its information. Overall, a most superb collection, going well beyond what one would imagine a 'handbook' might hold.'
- Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, Irvine, US
The Handbook of the Politics of China is a comprehensive resource introducing readers to the very latest in research on Chinese politics. David Goodman provides an introduction to the key structures and issues, providing the foundations on which later learning can be built. Including a comprehensive bibliography, it is an ideal reference work for undergraduate and postgraduate students and academics.
The Handbook contains four sections of new and original research, dealing with leadership and institutions, public policy, political economy and social change, and international relations. Each of the 26 chapters has been written by a leading internationally-established authority in the field and each reviews the literature on the topic, and presents the latest findings of research.
Presenting the state of the art of the field, this reader-oriented Handbook is an essential primer for the study of China's politics.
Contributors include: S. Breslin, K. Brown, A. Camarena, C. Cartier, M. Chen, J. A.Donaldson, J. Dosch, J. Duckett, B. Gill, D.S.G. Goodman, Y. Guo, W. Guohui, J.Y.J. Hsu, D. Hu, Y. Ji, K. Kojima, F. Li, L.C. Li, W.J. Morgan, B. Naughton, J.C. Oi, L.H. Ong, J. Reilly, S. Suzuki, F.C. Teiwes, G. Wang, Z. Wang, X.Yan, D.L.Yang, X. Zang, Y. Zheng
Trade Review‘ . . . Handbook of the Politics of China provides a thorough survey of various aspects of Chinese politics, which scholars and students alike will find very useful.’ -- Zhiqun Zhu, Ph.D., International Social Science Review
‘What an impressively successful venture! The authors are experts, who offer here authoritative, research-based, brand-new findings, excellent coverage of extant literature, new ideas and novel interpretations, analyses of controversies concerning their topics, and fascinating case studies. While specialists absolutely need to consult every chapter, its clarity and comprehensibility – plus its provision of definitions and distinctions – mean it is pitched such that even the totally uninitiated can absorb its information. Overall, a most superb collection, going well beyond what one would imagine a “handbook” might hold.’ -- Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, Irvine, US
Table of ContentsContents: The Study of Contemporary Chinese Politics: A Reader’s Guide David S.G. Goodman PART I LEADERSHIP, INSTITUTIONS AND STRUCTURES 1. The Study of Elite Political Conflict in the PRC: Politics inside the ‘Black Box’ Frederick C. Teiwes 2. Ideology of the Chinese Communist Party Kazuko Kojima 3. The Chinese Communist Party: An Institutional Perspective Zheng Yongnian and Chen Gang 4. The Central Government Yan Xu and Dali L. Yang 5. Provincial Politics Bo Zhiyue 6. Local Governance: The Roles of the People’s Congresses and the People’s Political Consultative Conferences Minglu Chen 7. Post-Deng Transformation of the People’s Liberation Army: Changes, Continuities and Consequences You Ji PART II PUBLIC POLICY 8. Managing Government Finance Linda Chelan Li 9. Administrative Territory Carolyn Cartier and Hu De 10. Economic Policy Barry Naughton 11. Regional Development Policy and Regional Inequality John A. Donaldson 12. China’s Nationality Policy from the Perspective of International Minority Rights Xiaowei Zang 13. Education: From Egalitarian Ideology to Public Policy W. John Morgan and Fengliang Li 14. Welfare and Social Security Wang Guohui and Jane Duckett PART III POLITICAL ECONOMY AND SOCIAL CHANGE 15. Corruption and Anti-corruption Dali Yang and Yan Xu 16. The Class Politics of the Chinese Communist Party Yingjie Guo 17. From Xianglin’s Wife to the Iron Girls: The Politics of Gender Representation Wang Zheng 18. Rural Development Jean C. Oi 19. Non-governmental Organizations Jennifer Y.J. Hsu 20. Reports of Social Unrest: Basic characteristics, Trends and Patterns, 2003-12 Lynette H. Ong PART IV INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 21. China on the World Stage Shaun Breslin 22. Economic Statecraft James Reilly 23. East Asia Shogo Suzuki 24. Admiration, Ambivalence, Antipathy: The Past and Future for US-China Relations Bates Gill 25. Southeast Asia Alberto Camarena and Jörn Dosch 26. China and the European Union Kerry Brown Index
