David L Shambaugh

Is China Unstable?

Assessing the Factors

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on the potential for instability in China from political, economic, and historical perspectives. The book considers elite (national) and local politics, micro- and macro-economics, urban and rural conditions, attitudes among intellectuals, and minority areas. The high profile contributors include Thomas Bernstein, Pieter Bottelier, Bruce Dickson, June Dryer, Merle Goldman, Steven Jackson, Nicholas Lardy, H. Lyman Miller, David Shambaugh, and Dorothy Solinger.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780765605726
• ISBN-10: 0765605724
• Artikelnr.: 21273650

Autorenporträt

David L. Shambaugh

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: A Typology for Stability and Instability in China
Steven F. Jackson; Chapter 2 How Do We Know If China Is Unstable?
H. Lyman Miller; Chapter 3 The Chinese Leadership: Cracks in the Façade?
David Shambaugh; Chapter 4 Political Instability at the Middle and Lower Levels: Signs of a Decaying CCP
Corruption
and Political Dissent
Bruce J. Dickson; Chapter 5 Sources of Macroeconomic Instability in China
Nicholas R. Lardy; Chapter 6 How Stable Is China? An Economic Perspective
Pieter Bottelier; Chapter 7 ::
Dorothy J. Solinger; Chapter 8 Instability in Rural China
Thomas P. Bernstein; Chapter 9 The Potential for Instability Among Alienated Intellectuals and Students in Post-Mao China
Merle Goldman; Chapter 10 The Potential for Instability in Minority Regions
June Teufel Dreyer; Chapter 11 Chinese Social Trends: Stability or Chaos?
Martin King Whyte;