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Will China democratize? / edited by Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner.

Title: Will China democratize? / edited by Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner.
Publication: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

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xx, 311 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"While China has achieved extraordinary economic success as it has moved toward open markets and international trade, its leadership maintains its authoritarian grip, repressing political movements, controlling all internet traffic, and opposing any democratic activity. Because of its huge population, more than half the people in the world who lack political freedom live in China. Its undemocratic example is attractive to other authoritarian regimes. But can China continue its growth without political reform? In Will China Democratize?, Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner present valuable analysis for anyone interested in this significant yet perplexing question.Since the Journal of Democracy's very first issue in January 1990, which featured articles reflecting on the then-recent Tiananmen Square massacre, the Journal has regularly published articles about China and its politics. By bringing together the wide spectrum of views that have appeared in the Journal's pages--from contributors including Fang Lizhi, Perry Link, Michel Oksenberg, Minxin Pei, Henry S. Rowen, and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo-- Will China Democratize? provides a clear view of the complex forces driving change in China's regime and society.Whether China will democratize--and if so, when and how--has not become any easier to answer today, but it is more crucial for the future of international politics than ever before"--

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Journal of democracy book

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Journal of democracy book

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

Introduction / Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner -- Peering over the Great Wall / Fang Lizhi -- When will the Chinese people be free? / Henry S. Rowen -- Confronting a classic dilemma / Michael Oksenberg -- A "gray" transformation / Juntao Wang -- The halting advance of pluralism / Harry Harding -- Top-level reform or bottom-up revolution? / Cheng Li -- Current trends and future prospects / Robert A. Scalapino -- Authoritarian resilience / Andrew J. Nathan -- The end of communism / Arthur Waldron -- The rise of the technocrats / Gongqin Xiao -- The limits of authoritarian resilience / Bruce Gilley -- Is CCP rule fragile or resilient? / Minxin Pei -- The Taiwan factor / Yun-han Chu -- Foreseeing the unforeseeable / Andrew J. Nathan -- Authoritarianism and contestation / Zhenhua Su, Hui Zhao, and Jingkai He -- Rural protest / Kevin J. O'Brien -- The labor movement / Ching Kwan Lee and Eli Friedman -- The new inequality / An Chen -- The troubled periphery / Louisa Greve -- The upsurge of religion in China / Richard Madsen -- Classical liberalism catches on in China / Liu Junning -- China's constitutionalist option / Andrew J. Nathan -- The massacre's long shadow / Jean-Philippe Beja -- Goodbye to gradualism / Tiancheng Wang -- The battle for the Chinese internet / Xiao Qiang -- From "fart people" to citizens / Perry Link and Xiao Qiang -- China's "networked authoritarianism" / Rebecca MacKinnon -- The turn against legal reform / Carl Minzner -- The rising cost of stability / Xi Chen -- Two essays about China's quest for democracy / Liu Xiaobo.

ISBN

9781421412436 (paperback)
1421412438 (paperback)
9781421412443 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2013017638

OCLC

844727205
SCSB-12453036

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Harvard Library