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Baogang Guo - China's Quest for Political Legitimacy - 9780739122587 - V9780739122587
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China's Quest for Political Legitimacy

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Description for China's Quest for Political Legitimacy Hardback. Series: Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development. Num Pages: 234 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
This book examines the new equity-enhancing politics in China in the context of Chinese traditional cognitive patterns of political legitimacy and its implication for Chinese political development in the near future. Based on an analysis of the new governing philosophy, the generation of political elite, and a new set of public policies, the book reaffirms the emergence of a new Chinese polity that infuses one-party rule with limited electoral and deliberative democracies. Unlike many scholars who perceive the contemporary Chinese history as a constant search for democracy, this book takes a very different approach. It asserts that the enduring ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Series
Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739122587
SKU
V9780739122587
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About Baogang Guo
Baogang Guo is associate professor of political science at Dalton State College

Reviews for China's Quest for Political Legitimacy
China's Quest for Political Legitimacy fills a much needed niche with its analysis of the post-Deng period. This thoughtful study is timely as China grapples with the social consequences and economic spillovers of rapid growth. In economics, the trade-off between efficiency that allows growth, and the equity distribution of the benefits of that growth, are well known. Professor Guo creatively ... Read more

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