Is China Unstable?: Assessing the Factors (Studies on Contemporary China) - Softcover

Shambaugh, David L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765605732 ISBN 13: 9780765605733

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

Focuses on the potential for instability in China from political, economic, and historical perspectives. The book considers elite (national) and local politics, micro- and macro-economics, urban and rural conditions, attitudes among intellectuals, and minority areas. The high profile contributors include Thomas Bernstein, Pieter Bottelier, Bruce Dickson, June Dryer, Merle Goldman, Steven Jackson, Nicholas Lardy, H. Lyman Miller, David Shambaugh, and Dorothy Solinger.

About this title

About the Author

David L. Shambaugh

From the Back Cover

The chapters in this very timely volume center on the theme of the potential for instability in China. This question is pursued from political, economic, and historical perspectives, and includes separate chapters on elite and local politics, micro and macro economics, urban and rural conditions, attitudes among intellectuals, and minority areas. One of its great strengths is the high caliber of its contributors: Thomas Bernstein, Pieter Bottelier, Bruce Dickson, June Teufel Dreyer, Merle Goldman, Steven F. Jackson, Nicholas Lardy, H. Lyman Miller, David Shambaugh, Dorothy J. Solinger, and

It is the belief of the publisher and the contributors that this volume has great potential as a classroom text, being incisive, focused, readable, and accessible.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765605732
• ISBN 13: 9780765605733
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152