From Deng Xiaoping to Jiang Zemin offers a macro-historical analysis of the political reform process since the People's Republic of China adopted open door and reform policies in the late 1970s. One of the important topics that fascinates students of Chinese politics is the democratization prospect of the People's Republic of China, characterized widely by academics as a Leninist dictatorship.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 Abbreviations Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Theoretical Framework - Back to Modernization Theory Chapter 6 The Maoist Legacy - The Origins of Political Structural Reform Chapter 7 Restructuring the Party/State Polity in the 1980s Chapter 8 The Cyclical Process of the Reform Chapter 9 The Post-Tiennanmen Retrenchment Chapter 10 Stability and Reform: Politics in the 1990s Chapter 11 Marketization, Liberalization, and Democratization Chapter 12 Democracy and Democratization Chapter 13 Conclusion Chapter 14 References Chapter 15 Index
