China tomorrow : democracy or dictatorship? / Jean-Pierre Cabestan ; translated by N. Jayaram.

By:

Cabestan, Jean-Pierre [author.]

Contributor(s):

Jayaram, N, 1955- [translator.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2019Description: vii, 209 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781538129586

Uniform titles:

Demain la Chine. English

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: China tomorrowDDC classification:

320.951 CAB 23 018928

Contents:

Introduction: The Chinese political regime's future : a resurgent debate -- China's current political system : a strong, sustainable, authoritarian equilibrium -- Bureaucratic tradition and Soviet model : patterns of state hegemony -- Democratic culture : repressed, fragile, and distorted -- Civil society : leashed by the party-state -- The role of elites : shaping political evolution -- China's future : towards an authoritarian and imperial political system -- Conclusion: A regime on extended reprieve.

Summary: "This book makes a compelling case for the continuing strength of China's one-party system, showing that most Chinese, influenced by China's traditional culture and even more so by the regime's Soviet ideology, institutions, and modus operandi, are choosing security, stability, and prosperity over democracy"--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book makes a compelling case for the continuing strength of China's one-party system, showing that most Chinese, influenced by China's traditional culture and even more so by the regime's Soviet ideology, institutions, and modus operandi, are choosing security, stability, and prosperity over democracy"--

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