The Decline of Communism in China
Subtitle: Legitimacy Crisis, 19771989
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780521026239
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Marxism & Communism; c 1980 to c 1990; Politics - Current Events; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; China; History & Theory - Radical Thought; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; Communism--China; Communism--China Communism--China; Political Science / Government / International; Political Science-Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism
First sentence: The major theoretical arguments made in this work can be summarized as follows: First, the mainstream theories of political stability often define what is an elite too narrowly.