The perfect dictatorship
Subtitle: China in the 21st century
By: Stein Ringen
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9789888208937; 9789888208944
Subjects: Politics and government
Other titles: China in the 21st century
Description: "The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing on Chinese and international sources, on extensive collaboration with Chinese scholars, and on the political science of state analysis, the author concludes that under the new leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a new regime radically harder and more ideological than the legacy of Deng Xiaoping. China is less strong economically and more dictatorial politically than the world has wanted to believe."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction : a good regime?; title: Leaders; title: What they say; title: What they do; title: What they produce; title: Who they are; title: Postscript : a better regime?