Description
A comprehensive and authoritative introduction to China's political history, contemporary political system, and key policy areas, such as the environment, population management, and public health.Politics in China is an authoritative introduction to how the world's second most populous nation and rapidly rising global power is governed today. Written by leading China scholars, each chapter offers an accessible overview of a key topic in Chinese politics. The opening section provides readers with a firm grounding in China's modern political history, covering the decline and fall of the last imperial dynasty and the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the radicalism of the era of Mao Zedong (1949-76), the dramatic economic reforms carried out by Deng Xiaoping and his disciples (1978 to 2012) and the era of Xi Jinping (2012-present), who has consolidated more personal power than any CCP leader since Mao.The next section sets the framework of politics in the People's Republic of China (PRC) with chapters on the ideology of the CCP, the structure and dynamics of the political system, the role of law and legal reform, and the policies behind the country's spectacular economic transformation. The book then shifts to a discussion of a series of major political issues in China today: reform and resistance in the countryside; changes and challenges in the cities; the arts and culture; the environment and climate change; public health; population policy; and internet politics. The final chapters of the book covers politics in four important areas located on China's geographic periphery: Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.The fourth edition of Politics in China has been thoroughly updated and includes a new chapter on the rise and rule of Xi Jinping. It is essential reading not only for students studying the PRC, but also for any reader interested in learning how China has evolved in recent times, how its political system works, and about the most important challenges it faces in years ahead.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Contributors List of Abbreviations INTRODUCTION1 Studying Chinese Politics - William A. JosephPART I: POLITICAL HISTORY2 From Empire to People's Republic - R. Keith Schoppa3 Mao Zedong in Power (1949-1976) - Frederick C. Teiwes4 Deng Xiaoping and the Reform Era (1976 to 2012) - Bruce Gilley5 The Rise and Rule of Xi Jinping (2012 to the present) - Alfred L. ChanPART II: IDEOLOGY, GOVERNANCE, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY6 Ideology: The Evolution of Chinese Communism - William A. Joseph7 China's Communist Party-State: The Structure and Dynamics of Power - Cheng Li8 China's Legal System - Jacques deLisle9 China's Political Economy - David ZweigPART III: POLITICS AND POLICY IN ACTION10 Rural China: Reform and Resistance - John James Kennedy11 Urban China: Changes and Challenges - William Hurst and Christian Sorace12 Policy Case Study: The Arts - Richard Curt Kraus13 Policy Case Study: The Environment and Climate Change - Katherine Morton and Fengshi Wu14 Policy Case Study: Public Health - Joan Kaufman15 Policy Case Study: Population Policy - Tyrene White16 Policy Case Study: Internet Politics - Guobin YangPART IV: POLITICS ON CHINA'S PERIPHERY17 Tibet - Robert Barnett18 Xinjiang - Gardner Bovingdon19 Hong Kong - Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo20 Taiwan - Shelley RiggerAppendix I: China's Top Leaders Since 1949Appendix II: Selected Indicators of China's Global Integration, 1978-2022Timeline of Modern Chinese Political History Glossary Index
