Tables and Figures; Introduction: Change and Inertia; Part One: Studies of Democratization and Chinese Politics; 1. Toward an Integrated Model of Democratization; 2. Building a Composite Theory of Chinese Democratization; Part 2: Political and Institutional Conditions; 3. Keeping Chinese Society under Control: Some Comparisons with the Soviet Union; 4. The Effects of Leninist Institutions on the Rise of Reform Factions within the Chinese Partry-State: Some Comparisons with Hungary; Part 3: Social Conditions; 5. Loyal Dissidents; The Role of Intellectuals in Post-Mao Reforms; 6. Problems of Collective Action among Chinese Peasants and Workers; Conclusion: A Framework for Further Analysis; Bibliography; Index