Remaking the Chinese State: Strategies, Society, and Security (Asia's Transformations) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415260264 ISBN 13: 9780415260268

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

After more than twenty years of economic and political reform, China is a vastly different country to that left by Mao. Almost all the characteristic policies and practices of the Maoist era have been abandoned, with the goals of revolution in foreign and domestic policy being replaced by an emphasis on economic modernization, accompanied by radical social transformation and an increasingly significant international role. Yet, despite these dramatic changes other fundamental features of China's policy remain unchanged. This book explores the strategies of reform in China and their implications for its domestic and foreign policies. It challenges the misconceptions that no political reforms are taking place and that China is eagerly embracing capitalism. It also challenges the view that China does not abide by international norms and practices on military and security matters. Its contributors, all highly respected scholars, avoid simple generalisations about the nature of China's politics or future path, instead offering comparisons and contrasts between policy areas and regions to create a more complete picture of this complex country.

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About the Author

Chien-min Chao is Professor and Director of the Sun Yat-sen Graduate Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities at Chengchi University, Taiwan. He has published widely on Chinese politics. Bruce J. Dickson is Director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Asian Studies Program in the Elliott School of International Affairs, and Associate Professor in Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415260264
• ISBN 13: 9780415260268
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Chien-min Chao, Dickson Bruce