Restructuring Political Power in China
Subtitle: Alliances and Opposition, 1978-1998
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781555878429
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Constitution: government & the state; Political science & theory; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Contemporary Politics - China; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Political Process - General; 1976-2000; 1976-2002; China; Economic Conditions; Politics and government; Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
Description: "This systematic study of China's structural transformation during the past two decades emphasizes the balance-of-power game so ably played by Deng Xiaoping and others among the post-Mao national leadership."--BOOK JACKET.

"Chen argues that to prevent party cadre opposition to market restructuring - the nemesis of change in other communist states - national leaders manipulated legislative channels and party regulations to allow citizen participation in the implementation of reform programs. Opportunistic realignments at the political level, involving the central leadership, local party cadres, and ordinary citizens, brought "people power" into the policymaking process.

That power, suggests Chen, may also presage China's constitutional evolution toward a democratic form of government."--BOOK JACKET.