Title: China's rise to power : conceptions of state governance /
Authors: Lee, Joseph Tse-Hei, 1971-; Nedilsky, Lida V.; Cheung, Siu Keung.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2012
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.; Public opinion China; Politik; Wirtschaft; Economic development Social aspects; Economic history; Economic policy; Political science; Political science Public opinion; Public opinion; Economic history.; Economic policy.; POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process General.; Politics and government Public opinion.; Politics and government.; Public opinion.; China Economic conditions Social aspects.; China Economic policy Social aspects.; China Politics and government; China Politics and government Public opinion.; China Economic conditions; China Economic policy; China; China; China Economic development Social aspects.
Abstract: "China's Rise to Power: Conceptions of State Governance examines how a twenty-first century contradiction--the country's combination of authoritarian rule and a market-oriented economy in state-led capitalism--has proven simultaneously appealing and a source of domestic dissatisfaction. Balancing policy analysis with detailed investigation of escalating popular unrest, this essay collection explores the discontent that stems from the Communist leadership's obsession with growth and control, and anticipates new space for alternative governance. As the sixth-generation leaders come of age at this critical juncture, the way out of internal crises will not necessarily be the way of the Chinese Communist Party"--
Contents: Appeal and discontent : the yin and yang of China's rise to power / Joseph Tse-Hei Lee and Lida V. Nedilsky -- Appropriating Confucianism : soft power, primordial sentiment, and authoritarianism / Kelvin C. K. Cheung -- 3 Harmony and critique : Chinese modernity, harmonious society, and contemporary Chinese feminist perspectives / Sharon R. Wesoky -- Promoting a harmonious society through CCTV's music-entertainment television programming / Lauren Gorfinkel -- Harmonious online society : the China model in the Information Age / Sidney Y. Liu -- The harmonious language of young Hans in Urumqi, Xinjiang / Elena Caprioni -- Invoking the ghosts of Blagoveshchensk : massacre, memory, and the post-Mao search for historical identity / Martin Fromm -- Chinese nationalism in harmony with European imperialism : historical representation at the Macau Museum / Kam-Yee Law -- Health care in a harmonious society : crises and challenges in post-1978 China / Ka-che Yip -- Controlling lives and bodies : water and food security in Hong Kong / Siu-Keung Cheung.