Western political scientists, regarding China as a nation-state like any other, commonly
classify it as a 'party-state'and as 'authoritarian'. Yet China's transition to modern statehood …

Huang, Kang Xiaoguang and Han Heng, Wang Shaoguang, and Sun Liping—may be read
as emphasizing past and present Chinese “practices”(as opposed to theories …

The Chinese political system is the subject of much media and popular comment in part
because China supports an economy with an apparently inexorable dynamic and …

This book provides the most comprehensive analysis of one of the most important issues in
China today: the tensions between the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese state …

Examines the rising power of China and Chinese foreign policy through a revisionist
analysis of Chinese civilization. What does the rise of China represent, and how should the …

What is" Chinese about China s modern state? This book proposes that the state we see
today has developed over the past two centuries largely as a response to internal …

This paper examines significant changes (and continuities) in the realm of government in
contemporary China through drawing upon the insights of governmentality studies. It …

China's Political System provides a concise introduction to the political, economic, and
social factors that determine China's government. Highly respected specialist June Teufel …

The Modern Chinese State is the first book to examine systematically the evolution of the
Chinese state from the late Ming Dynasty of the 17th century, through the Nationalist and …

From 1885–1924, China underwent a period of acute political struggle and cultural change,
brought on by a radical change in thought: after over 2,000 years of monarchical rule, the …