Description |
1 online resource (xv, 406 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Introduction : two opposing views of China -- Déjà vu all over again : China and the East Asian Model -- Taking rights seriously? : official policy and actual practice -- Social and economic rights, law and order, women's rights, and cultural rights -- Of rights and wrongs : why China is subject to a double standard on rights -- Institutional reform : rule of law and good governance -- Debating democracy -- What if China democratizes? What if it doesn't? -- Conclusion : modernity with modesty, the strengths and limits of the EAM |
Summary |
Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today; one of a rising superpower, and the other of an anachronistic, authoritarian regime. So which is the real China? Randall Peerenboom offers a controversial, first-hand account of modern China focusing on its economic, political and legal attributes within the context of the developing world. - ;Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today. On the one hand a rising superpower predicted to have the largest economy in the world by mid century, on the other hand a brutal, anachronistic and authoritarian regime, a threat to geo-stability and |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-393) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Human rights -- China
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Democracy -- China
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Globalization -- China
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Democracy
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Economic history
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Globalization
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Human rights
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Politics and government
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Sozioökonomischer Wandel
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Rechtsordnung
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Politischer Wandel
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Wirtschaftsentwicklung
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Economische politiek.
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Economische groei.
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Wirtschaft -- China.
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Rechtssystem.
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Sozioökonomischer Wandel.
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Politischer Wandel.
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Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
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Human rights -- China.
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Democracy -- China.
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Globalization -- China.
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Economic conditions -- China -- 2000-
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SUBJECT |
China -- Politics and government -- 2002- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004009498
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China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010023
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China
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China
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China.
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China -- Politik.
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China.
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China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191514135 |
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0191514136 |
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9780191696183 |
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0191696188 |
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9781429470513 |
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1429470518 |
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9786611149130 |
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6611149139 |
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1281149136 |
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9781281149138 |
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