Description
In this timely book, a group of leading scholars provides a comprehensive assessment of China's polity, economy, and society. Taking the thirtieth anniversary of Beijing's adoption of reform and opening as an occasion to reflect on the course of development over the past three decades, the contributors consider where the country may be going in the future. Just as China has had enormous success in developing its economy, it continues to face equally enormous challenges across a wide variety of issues, including inequality, social protest, energy, the environment, and a resurgence of religion. As a polity, China has tried to build a modern legal system while balancing center-local relations, sustaining a viable ideological framework, and maintaining stable politics at the elite level. At the same time, the current global economic crisis poses a major obstacle to China's model of development. Authoritative, accessible, and current, this book will be an invaluable resource for all readers interested in the fate of a rising global power. Contributions by: Edward A. Cunningham, Joseph Fewsmith, Sebastian Heilmann, Jamie Horsley, Joanna Lewis, Yawei Liu, Barry Naughton, Elizabeth J. Perry, Ren Jiantao, Carl Riskin, Sun Yanfei, Robert Weller, Min Ye, and Yongnian Zheng.
About the Author
Joseph Fewsmith is professor of international relations and political science at Boston University.
Reviews
Fascinating and interesting [chapters] by a stellar cast of largely US-based China experts about many aspects of China's development-political, social, economic and environmental. * International Affairs *
Provide[s] a timely, one-stop introduction to an array of critical issues facing China. Organized into sections on social order, economics, politics, and systemic constraints, the essays, all written by leading scholars . . . can stand alone as a valuable, discrete reading. Given this range of issues and China's extraordinary transformation over the last thirty years, one that Fewsmith rightly concludes surpassed anyone's imagination, predicting its future will be no easier. . . . This volume constitutes a good place to start. * Journal of Asian Studies *
This is a first-rate collection on some of the most important social, economic, and political issues facing China, written by some of the most influential scholars on these subjects. Simultaneously historically grounded and addressing current issues, this book deserves to be read by all those interested in how China has got to where it is and where it may be heading. -- Bruce Dickson, George Washington University
This book offers the best overview available of Chinese society, economy, and politics. It brings together many of the finest scholars on contemporary China, giving a rounded view of the PRC over the past thirty years and raising incisive questions about where China is going. The authors show that the country's rapid economic growth, adaptive authoritarian government, and developing institutions over the last three decades give hope for coping with difficult problems like pollution, climate change, corruption, and inequality. -- Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University
Book Information
ISBN 9780742567078
Author Joseph Fewsmith
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 517g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 155mm * 25mm
About the Author
Joseph Fewsmith is professor of international relations and political science at Boston University.
Reviews
Fascinating and interesting [chapters] by a stellar cast of largely US-based China experts about many aspects of China's development-political, social, economic and environmental. * International Affairs *
Provide[s] a timely, one-stop introduction to an array of critical issues facing China. Organized into sections on social order, economics, politics, and systemic constraints, the essays, all written by leading scholars . . . can stand alone as a valuable, discrete reading. Given this range of issues and China's extraordinary transformation over the last thirty years, one that Fewsmith rightly concludes surpassed anyone's imagination, predicting its future will be no easier. . . . This volume constitutes a good place to start. * Journal of Asian Studies *
This is a first-rate collection on some of the most important social, economic, and political issues facing China, written by some of the most influential scholars on these subjects. Simultaneously historically grounded and addressing current issues, this book deserves to be read by all those interested in how China has got to where it is and where it may be heading. -- Bruce Dickson, George Washington University
This book offers the best overview available of Chinese society, economy, and politics. It brings together many of the finest scholars on contemporary China, giving a rounded view of the PRC over the past thirty years and raising incisive questions about where China is going. The authors show that the country's rapid economic growth, adaptive authoritarian government, and developing institutions over the last three decades give hope for coping with difficult problems like pollution, climate change, corruption, and inequality. -- Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University
Book Information
ISBN 9780742567078
Author Joseph Fewsmith
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 517g
Dimensions(mm) 232mm * 155mm * 25mm
