Edward Friedman

National Identity and Democratic Prospects in Socialist China (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This analysis of every facet of a national identity makes it less likely that the next great explosion in the Commmunist world - and its consequences - will come as a surprise. It investigates tendencies in China that might lead it down the same path as Russia and Yugoslavia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315286839
• Artikelnr.: 49352242

Autorenporträt

Edward Friedman teaches about China, democratization and transitions from socialist systems, in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His most recent book is The Politics of Democratization (1994). His co-authored work Chinese Village, Socialist State (1991) was chosen by the Association of Asian Studies in 1993 to receive the Joseph Levenson Prize as the best book on modern China.Dr. Friedman speaks and reads Chinese and has traveled widely in China. His work appears regularly in both major scholarly journals and also in magazines and newspapers of informed opinion. He received an M.A. in East Asian Studies and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Contending National Projects
Part 2 National Identity Crisis
Chapter 2 New Nationalist Identities in Post-Leninist Transformations
Chapter 3 Ethnic Identity and the Denationalization and Democratization of Leninist States
Chapter 4 A Failed Chinese Modernity
Chapter 5 China's North-South Split and the Forces of Disintegration
Chapter 6 Reconstructing China's National Identity
Part 3 After Socialist Anti-Imperialism
Chapter 7 Anti-Imperialism in Chinese Foreign Policy
Chapter 8 Democracy and Peace Versus Dictatorship and War
Chapter 9 Confucian Leninism and Patriarchal Authoritarianism
Chapter 10 Is China a Model of Reform Success?
Chapter 11 Was Mao Zedong a Revolutionary?
Part 4 Democratic Prospects
Chapter 12 Is Democracy a Universal Ethical Standard?
Chapter 13 Consolidating Democratic Breakthroughs in Leninist States
Chapter 14 Permanent Technological Revolution and China's Tortuous Path to Democratizing Leninism
Chapter 15 Democracy and "Mao Fever"
Chapter 16 The Oppositional Decoding of China's Leninist Media
Part 5 Conclusion
Chapter 17 Some Continuities Are Radical Ruptures