Politics in China: An Introduction

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Politics in China is an authoritative introduction to how the world's most populous nation and rapidly rising global power is governed today. Written by leading China scholars, the book's chapters offers accessible overviews of major periods in China's modern political history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, key topics in contemporary Chinese politics, and developments in four important areas located on China's geographic periphery: Tibet,Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.  Read more... List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsContributorsAbbreviationsINTRODUCTION1. Studying Chinese Politics (William A. Joseph)PART I: POLITICAL HISTORY2. 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 ECONOMY5. 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 ACTION9. 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 PERIPHERY16. Tibet (Robert Barnett)17. Xinjiang (Gardner Bovingdon)18. Hong Kong (Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo)19. Taiwan (Shelley Rigger)Timeline of Modern Chinese Political HistoryGlossaryIndex