Post-Mao China From Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism?

Name: Post-Mao China From Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism?
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ISBN: 9780275967802

ISBN-10: 0275967808

ISBN-13: 9780275967802

Edition: 2000

Authors: Sujian Guo

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Guo challenges the predominant view that post-Mao China has moved away from communist totalitarianism and that totalitarianism is an outdated paradigm for China studies. He seeks to reconstruct a plausible macro-model in conceptual and comparative terms for defining "regime identity" and assessing the nature of regime change. Professor Guo then applies the model to the study of regime change in post-Mao China and reevaluates post-Mao changes across the five major empirical aspects of regime change (political, ideological, economic, legal, and social) and the most critical dimensions of each. The findings of Guo's study demonstrate that the practice of post-Mao reforms remains rooted in and…

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List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 1/30/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Tables and Figures


Acknowledgments



Introduction: Theoretical Model



Ideological Faith Crisis: Does the Communist Ideology Matter?



Political Development: Withering Party Power?



Legal Innovations: The Rule of Law?



Social Changes: Takeover by Civil Society?



Economic Reforms: Transition towards Capitalism?



Conclusion: The End or Continuity of Communist Totalitarianism?


Selected Bibliography


Index