Guo, Xiaoqin.

State and society in China's democratic transition Confucianism, Leninism, and economic development / [electronic resource] : Xiaoqin Guo. - New York : Routledge, 2003. - xiii, 270 p. - East Asia : history, politics, sociology, and culture . - East Asia (New York, N.Y.) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index.

State-society configuration: strong state vs. weak society -- 1 Statist and societal explanations for the likelihood of a top-down transition -- 4 Hypotheses, sources, and methods -- 9 Hypotheses -- 9 Sources and methods -- 17 Plan of book -- 22 Chinese communist party and bureaucratic elite in post-Mao reform -- 29 Post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship: Effective political control over effective bureaucracy -- 31 Different approaches to post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship -- 31 The general office system -- 33 Explaining post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship -- 37 Confucian tradition and Chinese bureaucratic system -- 37 The development of leninist state system -- 43 CCP and the post-Mao reform -- 52 Bureaucratic elites' image of the post-Mao party leadership -- 56 The role of bureaucracy in China's democratic process -- 72 Different images of Chinese bureaucracy in the political process -- 73 Bureaucratic elites' self-interests in the political system -- 76 Bureaucratic elites' concern with unity and stability in China -- 78 Conclusion -- 85 Problems of political opposition in inducing democracy in China -- 91.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Democracy--China.
Bureaucracy--China.


China--Politics and government--1976-2002.


Electronic books.

JQ1516 / .G86 2003

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