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China's Transition from Communism – New Perspectives
As China moved from a planned to a market economy many people expected that China’s political system would similarly move from authoritarianism to democracy. It is now clear, …
Legitimating the Chinese Communist Party Since Tiananmen
The dominant view concerning the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is that it is simply a matter of time before it comes to an end. This view has been dominant since the …
Governing Environmental Conflicts in China
Environmental conflicts are the source of many large-scale popular protests in China, with some protests substantially endangering social order. Such protests have often prompted …
Ecological Risks and Disasters - New Experiences in China and Europe
Climate change, and also other factors, are capable of bringing about major disasters on a scale hitherto unimaginable. Ecological and other risks, besides having scientific and …
The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
The key question at the heart of this book is to what extent political activists in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have made progress in their quest to liberalise and …
International Engagement in China's Human Rights
Since the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989 there has been increasing international pressure on China to improve its approach to human rights, whilst at the same time the Chinese …
Social Protest in Contemporary China, 2003-2010
China's economic transformation has brought with it much social dislocation, which in turn has led to much social protest. This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the …
The Domestic Sources of China's Foreign Policy
As China’s political and economic influence in the world is rapidly increasing, it is essential to understand how China’s domestic politics affects its foreign political and …
China-Africa Relations
The recent rapid growth in China’s involvement in Africa is being promoted by both Chinese and African leaders as being conducted in a spirit of cooperation, friendship and …
Chinese Society - Change and Transformation
There is growing interest in social transformation in contemporary China, with much work published on the subject. This book is different from other books in that it presents an …
China's Trade Unions - How Autonomous Are They?
This book examines the status of trade unions in contemporary China, exploring the degree to which trade unions have been reformed as China is increasingly integrated into the …
China's Great Urbanization
China’s extraordinary economic boom since the late 1970s has been accompanied by massive urbanization, with the proportion of the population living in cities rising from 18% in …