Sujian Guo

Chinese Politics and Government

Power, Ideology and Organization

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Produktbeschreibung

This introductory textbook provides students with a fundamental understanding of government and politics in China, and equips students with analytical frameworks by which they can understand, analyse and evaluate the major issues in Chinese politics, including: * The basic methodologies and theoretical controversies in the study of Chinese politics. * The major dimensions, structures, processes, functions and characteristics of the Chinese political system, such as ideology, politics, law, society, economy, and foreign policy. * The impact of power, ideology, and organization on different spheres of Chinese society. * The structure, process, and factors in Chinese foreign policy making. * Whether China is a "strategic partner" or "potential threat" to the United States. Extensively illustrated, the textbook includes maps, photographs and diagrams, as well as providing questions for class discussions and suggestions for further reading.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780415551380
• ISBN-10: 0415551382
• Artikelnr.: 35291547

Autorenporträt

Sujian Guo is Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies at San Francisco State University, USA. Concurrently, he is a distinguished Professor of Fudan University and Associate Dean of the Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences, PRC.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introducing Chinese Politics 1. Chinese Politics in Comparative
Communist Systems 2. Theoretical Models for Studying Chinese Politics Part
2: Land and People 3. Shaping Forces of Chinese State Making, Political
Culture, and Political Tradition 4. Traditional Chinese Culture and
Confucianism Part 3: Political Development 5. The Collapse of Imperial
State and the Communist Road to Power 6. The Making of Communist New State
and the post-Mao Transition Part 4: Political Ideology 7. Marxism-Leninism
and Chinese Political Ideology 8. Ideological Modifications in Post-Mao
China Part 5: Political Institutions 9. The Party-State Structure of
Chinese Government 10. Institutional Changes in post-Mao China Part 6: The
Chinese Legal and Legislative Systems 11. The Chinese Legal and Legislative
Systems 12. Legal and Legislative Reforms in Post-Mao China Part 7: The
Chinese Society 13. Chinese Social Structure and State-Society Relations
14. Social Changes and State-Society Relations in Post-Mao China Part 8:
The Chinese Economy 15. State Socialism and Chinese Communist Economy 16.
Market Socialism and Economic Transition in Post-Mao China Part 9: Chinese
Foreign Policy 17. Chinese Foreign Policy Making 18. US-China Relations in
Transformation