China in Search of a Harmonious Society (Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0739126245 ISBN 13: 9780739126240

Publisher: Lexington Books, 2008

Synopsis

The problems of corruption, social injustice, public unrest, disparity in income and regional development, shortage of energy and resources, unemployment, aging population, inadequate social and economic safety network, pollution, etc., are poised to jeopardize political stability and cast a shadow on the moral foundation of economic reform. How to cope with these new problems is a daunting task facing the Chinese leadership and people in the twenty-first century. The new generation of leadership under Hu Jintao has begun to search for solutions and directions. 'Building a harmonious society' based on a 'scientific view of development' has become a new catch phrase in political and academic discourse in China and a newly adopted program by the Chinese government. It is in this context that this edited volume brings together a group of China scholars to discuss the concept and goal of building a harmonious society. This book will be of interest to professors and students of China studies, as well as policy makers and researchers.

About this title

About the Author:

Sujian Guo is professor in the Department of Political Studies and director of the Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies at San Francisco State University. Baogang Guo is associate professor of political science at Dalton State College and president of the Association of Chinese Political Studies.

Review:

Is there a 'Beijing Consensus' corresponding to the 'Washington Consensus'―a model of successful development for the rest of the world? That is the question posed by this book. The writers concur that today's China has bid farewell to continuous revolution and class struggle and is now integrated by the Confucian ideal of disciplined social harmony. Yet as they make clear in their stimulating, multifaceted analysis, that vision is now challenged by environmental pollution, socio-economic and ethnic inequity, and official corruption. (Lowell Dittmer, University of California, Berkeley)

About this edition

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0739126245
• ISBN 13: 9780739126240
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258
• Editor: Guo Sujian, Guo Dalton State College Baogang