State and society in China's democratic transition
Subtitle: Confucianism, Leninism, and economic development
By: Xiaoqin Guo
Series: East Asia : history, politics, sociology, culture; East Asia (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Democracy -- China; Bureaucracy -- China; China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257) and index
Table of contents: title: State-society configuration: strong state vs. weak society; title: Statist and societal explanations for the likelihood of a top-down democratic transition; title: Hypotheses, sources, and methods; title: Hypotheses; title: Sources and methods; title: Plan of the book; title: Chinese communist party and bureaucratic elite in post-Mao reform; title: The Post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship: Effective political control over effective bureaucracy; title: Different approaches to the post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship; title: The general office system; title: Explaining the post-Mao leadership-bureaucracy relationship; title: Confucian tradition and the Chinese bureaucratic system; title: The development of the Leninist state system; title: CCP and the post-Mao reform; title: Bureaucratic elites' image of the post-Mao party leadership; title: The role of bureaucracy in China's democratic process; title: Different images of Chinese bureaucracy in the political process; title: Bureaucratic elites' self-interests in the political system; title: Bureaucratic elites' concern with unity and stability in China; title: Conclusion; title: Problems of political opposition in inducing democracy in China