William A Callahan

China Dreams

20 Visions of the Future

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Produktbeschreibung

To understand how China is shaping the twenty-first century, William Callahan's China Dreams eavesdrops on conversations between officials, scholars, bloggers, novelists, film-makers and artists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9780190235239
• ISBN-10: 0190235233
• Artikelnr.: 42788607

Autorenporträt

William A. Callahan is Chair in International Politics and Research Director of the Centre for Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester. He is the author of China: The Pessoptimist Nation (Oxford University Press) and Contingent States (University of Minnesota Press).

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of Figures v
Introduction: China is the Future 1
Chapter 1: Officials, Dissidents, and Citizen Intellectuals 26
Chapter 2: Strategic Futures and the Post-American World Order 66
Chapter 3: The China Model and the Search for Wealth and Power 99
Chapter 4: Cosmopolitan, Fundamentalist and Racialist Dreams 149
Chapter 5: Shanghai's Alternative Futures and China's New Civil Society 186
Chapter 6: The American Dream and Chinese Exceptionalism 216
Scenario: A Chimerican Dream 246
Endnotes ??
Acknowledgements 265
Bibliography 267
Who's Who 285
Index ??