Description
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive introduction to China’s political system, outlining the major features of the Chinese model and highlighting its claims and challenges.
Trade Review"This volume is brief, yet comprehensive. Moreover, the authors skilfully place their discussions on contemporary Chinese politics within the historical context, especially the brutal wars and thoughtful revolutions that gave birth to the current regime. Such a historical perspective is a necessity to anyone who wants to understand the many apparent puzzles and paradoxes related to Chinese Politics"
(Yu Tao, Political Studies Review, May 2014)
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Chinese Politics: The legacy of history
2. The party-state
3. The state apparatus and centre-local relations
4. Political change and its limits: Democratisation with Chinese characteristics
5. The national question in Chinese politics
(Appendix A – official ethnic groups)
6. Foreign policy
Conclusion
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