Contemporary Chinese Politics in Historical Perspective (Hardcover, New)

Few countries have had more turbulent politics in the twentieth century than China. Although China's unprecedented stability and prosperity in the 1980s gave hope that such turbulence was at an end, the crises of Tiananmen, culminating in the massacre of June 4, 1989, proved that the turbulence continues. Here, eight distinguished China specialists provide broad-gauged, original essays that attempt to explain the dynamics of contemporary Chinese politics by analyzing the preceding patterns of development. Some of the essays focus on the most basic issues of the historical development of Chinese politics while other essays focus on developments in important policy areas since 1949. The book concludes with a penetrating analysis of the Tiananmen events by Tang Tsou, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Together, the essays detail the weight of the past on Chinese politics, but also the long-term developments that prevent the simple recurrence of previous patterns.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1991
First published:	1991
Editors:	Brantly Womack
Dimensions:	238 x 157 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	352
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-41099-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
LSN:	0-521-41099-1
Barcode:	9780521410991

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