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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Contributors Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1. Studying Chinese Politics (William A. Joseph) PART I: POLITICAL HISTORY 2. From Empire to People's Republic (R. Keith Schoppa) 3. Mao Zedong in Power (1949 - 1976) (Frederick C. Teiwes) 4. Deng Xiaoping and His Successors (1976 - the present) (Bruce Gilley) PART II: IDEOLOGY, GOVERNANCE, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY 5. Ideology and China's Political Development (William A. Joseph) 6. China's Communist Party-State: The Structure of Power (Cheng Li) 7. China' Legal System (Jacque deLisle) 8. China's Political Economy (David Zweig) PART III: POLITICS AND POLICY IN ACTION 9. Rural China: Reform and Resistance (John James Kennedy) 10. Urban China: Change and Challenges (William Hurst and Christian Sorace) 11. Policy Case Study: The Arts (Richard Curt Kraus) 12. Policy Case Study: The Environment (Katherine Morton and Fengshi Wu) 13. Policy Case Study: Public Health (Joan Kaufman) 14. Policy Case Study: Population Policy (Tyrene White) 15. Policy Case Study: The Internet and Politics (Guobin Yang) PART IV: POLITICS ON CHINA'S PERIPHERY 16. Tibet (Robert Barnett) 17. Xinjiang (Gardner Bovingdon) 18. Hong Kong (Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo) 19. Taiwan (Shelley Rigger) Timeline of Modern Chinese Political History Glossary Index