Foundations and Limits of State Power in China

Schram, Stuart R. (editor) --- (China); Introduction Jacques Gernet. Texts by Benjamin Schwartz, Anthony Hulsewe, Tatsuo Yamada, David MacMullen, Francoise Aubin, Herbert Franke, Michael Loewe, Marianne Bastid, Tang Tsou, David S.G. Goodman und Karl Bünger

ISBN 10: 0728601397 / ISBN 13: 9780728601390

Published by School of Oriental & African Studies, Published on behalf of the European Science Foundation by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ; Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hongkong, BCC, 1987

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HARDBACK in nearly perfect condition (never used copy) with jacket. Neubuch mit SU, Lichtrand aU. Contributors include sinologists and other scientists. Contents: The primacy of the political order in East Asian societies: Some preliminary generalizations (Benjamin I. Schwartz); Law as one of the foundations of state power in early imperial China (Anthony Hulsewé); Imperial sovereignty: Dong Zhongshu's contribution and his predecessors (Michael Loewe); Views of the state in Du You and Liu Zongyuan (David McMullen); The role of the state as a structural element in polyethnic societies (Herbert Franke); The rebirth of Chinese rule in times of trouble: North China in the early thirteenth century (Françoise Aubin); Official conceptions of imperial authority at the end of the Qing Dynasty (Marianne Bastid); The foundations and limits of state power in Guomindang ideology - Government, party, and people (Tatsuo Yamada); Party leader or true ruler? Foundations and significance of Mao Zedong's personal power (Stuart R. Schram); Marxism, the Leninist Party, the masses, and the citizens in the rebuilding of the Chinese state (Tang Tsou); Democracy, interest, and virtue: The search for legitimacy in the People's Republic of China (David S.G. Goodman); Concluding remarks on two aspects of the Chinese unitary state as compared with the European state system (Karl Bünger), 367 S. 24 cm, 2nd ISBN: 9622013708. In stock, sofort lieferbar.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Foundations and Limits of State Power in China
• Publisher: School of Oriental & African Studies, Published on behalf of the European Science Foundation by School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ; Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hongkong, BCC
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 0728601397
• ISBN 13: 9780728601390
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: Wie neu
• Seller catalogs:
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  • China
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The primacy of the political order in East Asian societies: Some preliminary generalizations / Benjamin I. Schwartz -- Law as one of the foundations of state power in early imperial China / Anthony Hulsewé -- Imperial sovereignty: Dong Zhongshu's contribution and his predecessors / Michael Loewe -- Views of the state in Du You and Liu Zongyuan / David McMullen -- The role of the state as a structural element in polyethnic societies / Herbert Franke -- The rebirth of Chinese rule in times of trouble: North China in the early thirteenth century / Françoise Aubin. (cont.) Official conceptions of imperial authority at the end of the Qing Dynasty / Marianne Bastid -- The foundations and limits of state power in Guomindang ideology; Government, party, and people / Tatsuo Yamada -- Party leader or true ruler? Foundations and significance of Mao Zedong's personal power / Stuart R. Schram -- Marxism, the Leninist Party, the masses, and the citizens in the rebuilding of the Chinese state / Tang Tsou -- Democracy, interest, and virtue: The search for legitimacy in the People's Republic of China / David S.G. Goodman -- Concluding remarks on two aspects of the Chinese unitary state as compared with the European state system / Karl Bünger.