China and the Challenge of the Future: Changing Political Patterns

ISBN-13: 9780367003722 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 270 str.

Carol Lee Hamrin

Opis

This book highlights information obtained from formal interviews and informal conversations with knowledgeable Chinese in 1985-1987. It reveals the growing participation in politics of social groups and related changes underway in the patterns of contemporary Chinese political thought and culture.

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Legacy of the Past -- The First Wave and Ebb Tide: Search for a New Model (1979–1982) -- The Second Wave: Ideological Struggle and Policy Breakthrough (1983–1984) -- The Second Wave: Institutional Changes (1985) -- Crosscurrents: Problems of Systemic Transition and Political Succession (1985–1988) -- Conclusion -- Major Individuals and Institutions