Making China Strong [electronic resource] : The Role of Nationalism in Chinese Thinking on Democracy and Human Rights /
Weatherley, R.author.
Robert Weatherley argues that Chinese perceptions of democracy and human rights have been heavily influenced by the pressing issue of how to make China strong in the face of a perceived threat posed by foreign imperialism, be it military imperialism during the previous two centuries and cultural imperialism in more recent decades.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Saving the Empire: Democracy and Rights in the Late Qing Dynasty; 2 Building a New China: Democracy and Rights in the Early Republican Period (1912-28); 3 Towards Authoritarianism: Withholding Democracy and Rights for the Good of the Nation (1928-49); 4 Protecting the People's Republic: Mass Democracy and Class Rights in the Mao and Early Post-Mao Eras; 5 From Military Imperialism to Cultural Imperialism: Democracy and Rights in the Post-Mao Era; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Robert Weatherley argues that Chinese perceptions of democracy and human rights have been heavily influenced by the pressing issue of how to make China strong in the face of a perceived threat posed by foreign imperialism, be it military imperialism during the previous two centuries and cultural imperialism in more recent decades.
Asia—Politics and government.
Ethnology—Asia.
Social justice.
Human rights.
Criminology.
Economic development.
Asian Politics.
Asian Culture.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Human Rights.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Development Studies.