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China's Political System: Modernization And Tradition

by: Dreyer, June Teufel

China's Political System: Modernization And Tradition

by: Dreyer, June Teufel

ISBN 13:
9780321355102
ISBN 10:
0321355105
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2006
Publisher: Longman
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Summary

This highly respected text demonstrates how the government ofChina,the world's most populous nation, has been significantly affected by attempts to harmonize the unique nature of its indigenous culture with a variety of influences and ideas from the outside world.

Illustrations

xii

Preface

xiii

About the Author

Political Map of China

xvi

Introduction

(22)

Modernization and Chinese Civilization

(6)

Theories of Analysis of Chinese Politics

(14)

Theoretical Analysis in the Early Years of the PRC

(5)

Theories Engendered by the Cultural Revolution

(5)

Post-Mao Theories of Analysis

(2)

Conclusions

(1)

Notes

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(1)

The Chinese Tradition

(22)

Basic Characteristics

(6)

The Governmental Structure of Traditional China

(3)

The Examination System

(1)

Literature and Art

(1)

The Role of Law in Traditional China

(2)

The Military

(1)

The Barbarian Problem

(1)

Interpretations of Chinese History

(3)

Implications for Industrialization

(3)

Conclusions

(1)

Notes

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(2)

Reformers, Warlords, and Communists

(18)

The New Invasion

(1)

The Self-Strengthening Movement

(4)

Reform and Revolution

(7)

The Reformers

(1)

The Reactionaries

(1)

The Revolutionaries

(4)

The Kuomintang

(4)

Notes

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(2)

The Communist Road to Power

(18)

The Early Years: 1919--1923

(2)

The Period of Soviet Control: 1923--1931

(2)

The Jiangxi Soviet: 1931--1934

(1)

The Long March: 1934--1935

(3)

The Xi'an Incident: 1936

(1)

The Second United Front: 1936--1941

(5)

Civil War and Victory: 1941-1949

(3)

Notes

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

(1)

PRC Politics under Mao: 1949-1976

(26)

Consolidation of Power: 1949-1955

(3)

Establishing the Organs of Power

(5)

The Hundred Flowers Period: 1956-1957

(3)

The Great Leap Forward and Its Aftermath: 1958--1961

(5)

The Socialist Education Movement: 1962--1966

(1)

The Cultural Revolution: 1966--1976

(7)

The Years of Upheaval: 1966--1969

(5)

Reconstruction: 1970--1976

103

(2)

Notes

105

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

105

(2)

PRC Politics in the Post-Mao Era: 1976--2005

107

(32)

Interregnum: 1976--1978

107

(3)

Deng Ascendant

110

(2)

The Legacy of Mao

112

(1)

Political Realignment and Policy Readjustment

113

(13)

The Tiananmen Demonstrations 1989

122

(4)

The ``Third Generation'' Assumes Power: China under Jiang Zemin

126

(7)

The Three Represents

128

(1)

Civic Organizations

129

(1)

Changing Central-Local Relationships

129

(4)

The ``Fourth Generation'' Assumes Power

133

(2)

Conclusions

135

(2)

Notes

137

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

138

(1)

The Politics of the Economy

139

(28)

Introduction

139

(1)

The Early Years: 1949--1950

140

(1)

The Socialist Transformation of Agriculture: 1949--1978

140

(5)

Industrial Policy in the Maoist Era

145

(3)

Modern Industry

145

(1)

Handicrafts

146

(2)

Maoist Economic Policies Assessed

148

(1)

Economic Policy under Deng Xiaoping

149

(15)

Agricultural Reforms

149

(3)

The Private Sector

152

(1)

More Responsibility for State Enterprises

152

(1)

Reforming the Price System

153

(2)

Reforming the Reforms

155

(4)

New Problems for Deng's Successors

159

(5)

Conclusions

164

(2)

Notes

166

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

166

(1)

Crime and Punishment: The Legal System of the PRC

167

(24)

Less than Peaceful Coexistence of the Societal and Jural Models: 1949--1953

168

(1)

The Jural Model in Ascendance: 1954--1957

169

(1)

Resurgence of the Societal Model: 1957--1965

170

(1)

The Societal Model Rampant: 1966--1976

171

(2)

Law and Justice in the Post-Mao Era: Return to the Jural Model

173

(5)

The New Legal System

174

(2)

Legal Developments

176

(1)

The Trial Process

176

(2)

Mediation

178

(2)

Petitions

180

(1)

The Penal System

181

(8)

Conclusions

189

(1)

Notes

190

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

190

(1)

The Role of the Military

191

(24)

Party and Army

191

(3)

Assessing the Maoist Model

194

(1)

The Influence of the Korean War on the PLA

195

(2)

The Revolt against Professionalism

197

(9)

The Effect of the June Fourth Incident on the PLA

206

(2)

The Military under Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao

208

(4)

Conclusions

212

(1)

Notes

213

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

213

(2)

Education

215

(20)

Devising a System

215

(3)

The Drive for Egalitarianism and Fall Back toward Expertise

218

(1)

Redness Revisited: The Cultural Revolution

219

(2)

Egalitarians versus Experts: The Search for a Synthesis

221

(1)

The Search for Academic Excellence

222

(10)

Conclusions

232

(2)

Notes

234

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

234

(1)

Quality-of-Life Issues: Health, Demography, and the Environment

235

(24)

Health

235

(7)

Demography

242

(8)

The Environment

250

(6)

Conclusions

256

(1)

Notes

256

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

257

(2)

Conformity and Dissent: The Politics of the Arts and Journalism

259

(20)

Artist and Society in China

259

(1)

The Party, Art, and Social Protest

260

(1)

Post- 1949 Control Mechanisms

261

(2)

Repression and Reaction

263

(2)

Culture and the Cultural Revolution

265

(2)

The Arts under Deng Xiaoping

267

(10)

Restrained Dissent

267

(1)

Protest Gains Momentum

268

(2)

Experimenting with Capitalism in the Arts

270

(1)

The Campaign against Spiritual Pollution

271

(1)

Looming Confrontation

271

(1)

The Tiananmen Demonstrations and Their Aftermath

272

(5)

Conclusions

277

(1)

Notes

277

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

277

(2)

Ethnic Minorities and National Integration

279

(26)

China's Minority Peoples

279

(4)

Ethnicity in Communist Ideology

283

(1)

Minorities Policy in Practice

284

(18)

The Early Years: 1949--1957

284

(4)

The Great Leap Forward and Its Aftermath: 1959--1965

288

(3)

The Cultural Revolution: 1966--1971

291

(1)

Return to Pluralism: 1971-1977

292

(1)

Post-Mao Minorities Policy

293

(1)

Reform Produces Problems

293

(3)

External Factors

296

(1)

Repression Increases

296

(4)

Genuine Autonomy as a Possible Solution

300

(2)

Conclusions

302

(1)

Notes

303

(1)

Suggestions for Further Reading

303

(2)

Foreign Policy

305

(26)

Determinants

305

(4)

Tradition

305

(2)

Ideology

307

(1)

Capabilities

308

(1)

Goals

309

(1)

The Formulation of Foreign Policy

309

(3)

Chinese Foreign Relations: An Overview

312

(16)

The ``Lean to One Side'' Policy: 1949--1954

312

(2)

The Bandung Spirit: 1954--1957

314

(2)

Resurgent Nationalism and Isolation: 1957--1969

316

(4)

Global Power Politics: 1969-Present

320

(8)

1969-1989 Triangular Politics Counterbalancing the Sole Superpower: 1989-Present Post-9/11 Developments

Conclusions

328

(2)

Suggestions for Further Reading

330

(1)

Conclusions

331

(10)

Suggestions for Further Reading

340

(1)

Useful Websites

341

(2)

Index

343

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