{"product_id":"rising-china-and-asian-democratization-9780804753944","title":"Rising China and Asian Democratization","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book argues that states democratize through a process of socialization to a liberal global culture. This can be seen in Taiwan and Thailand, whereas in China the Communist party resists democratization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is based on a very rich trove of recent, original research that will interest area specialists. At the same time, it makes a very interesting and innovative argument that scholars of globalization, democratization, and political development will want to read . . . the theoretical argument is original, thought-provoking, well-argued, and interesting, and offers a very pointed challenge to conventional wisdom. The way Lynch talks about China is brilliant.\" -- Shelley Rigger * Davidson College *\u003cbr\u003e\"(The book) is magisterial. Because it encompasses so much and challenges so much, its theses will be debated. The book will prod people to do review essays and hold symposia. In short, it is a very important work. This is superb scholarship.\" -- Edward Friedman * University of Wisconsin-Madison *\u003cbr\u003e\"...significant and clearly articulated...\" -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lynch's theoretical framework provides a new perspective on the variable of global culture; his arguments are likely to inspire much debate and reflection in policy making and scholarly circles.\" -- \u003ci\u003eTaiwan Journal of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eRising China\u003c\/i\u003e, Lynch has fashioned a masterful intellectual work. The book is substantively and intellectually rich--at times exuberantly so...Rising China should establish Lynch as one of the major scholars in contemporary US-China relations.\" – \u003ci\u003eInternational Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents  Preface:\tRising China and Asian Democratization\t\t\t\tp. i  Chapter 1:\tDemocratization as Socialization to Global Culture(s)\t\tp.   1  Chapter 2:\tBuddhism and the Siamese Alacrity towards Global Culture  \tp.44  Chapter 3:\tDeepening Thai Democracy in the 1990s--and Beyond?\t\tp.   108  Chapter 4:\tThe CCP's Pursuit of \"Multipolar Modernity\"\t\t\t  \tp. 180  Chapter 5:\tChinese Cross-Currents Countered by \"Political Civilization\"\tp.   246  Chapter 6:\tTaiwan: Democratization as Desinification\t\t\t  \tp. 308  Chapter 7:\tThreats to the Consolidation of Taiwanese Democracy\t\tp.   372  Chapter 8:\tThe Future of Democracy and Global Culture in Asia\t\t  \tp. 423  Bibliography\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tp.   438","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884660568407,"sku":"9780804753944","price":87.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804753944.jpg?v=1722532908","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rising-china-and-asian-democratization-9780804753944","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}