| Description |
xvii, 313 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge modern China series |
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Cambridge modern China series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-304) and index. |
| Summary |
"China Since Tiananmen is the first book to offer a look at the intellectual and political trends, and to assess how China has changed, since the Tiananmen Square events in 1989. Fewsmith describes the maneuverings of the top leadership and political debates among intellectuals, offering a coherent and credible narrative of deep political conflict in China in the years after Tiananmen. He puts the rise of neoconservatism and nationalism in China today into historical context, and he contrasts it with the growing pluralization of Chinese society and governance. Fewsmith depicts the growing tensions between these two trends as China's version of America's culture wars, but with arguably higher stakes. This book is filled with new information not discussed in Western media. Fewsmith's thorough and realistic assessment of the forces that drive China today is critical reading for anyone trying to understand Sino-U.S. relations, China's most recent evolution, and its future."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Contents |
Contents: Introduction : State and intellectuals at the turn of the century -- Part I : Line struggle revisited : the attack on Deng's reform program -- Tiananmen and the conservative critique of reform ; Deng moves to revive reform -- Part II : Redefining reform : the search for a new way -- Emergence of neoconservatism ; Enlightenment tradition under challenge ; Emergence of neostatism and popular nationalism -- Part III : Elite politics and popular nationalism -- Jiang Zemin's rise to power ; Elite politics in an era of globalization and nationalism -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002.
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China -- Economic policy -- 1976-2000.
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China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989.
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Political leadership -- China.
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| Added Title |
Politics of transition |
| ISBN |
0521806348 hardcover |
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9780521806343 hardcover |
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0521001056 pb. |
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9780521001052 pb. |
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