Remaking the Chinese State: Strategies, Society, and Security (Asia's Transformations) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041525583X ISBN 13: 9780415255837

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

After more than twenty years of economic and political reform, China is a vastly different country to that left by Mao. Almost all the characteristic policies and practices of the Maoist era have been abandoned, with the goals of revolution in foreign and domestic policy being replaced by an emphasis on economic modernization, accompanied by radical social transformation and an increasingly significant international role. Yet, despite these dramatic changes other fundamental features of China's policy remain unchanged.
This book explores the strategies of reform in China and their implications for its domestic and foreign policies. It challenges the misconceptions that no political reforms are taking place and that China is eagerly embracing capitalism. It also challenges the view that China does not abide by international norms and practices on military and security matters. Its contributors, all highly respected scholars, avoid simple generalisations about the nature of China's politics or future path, instead offering comparisons and contrasts between policy areas and regions to create a more complete picture of this complex country.

About this title

About the Author:

Chien-Min Chao is Professor and Director of the Sun Yat-sen Graduate Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. Bruce Dickson is director of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at The George Washington University and associate professor of Political Science and International Affairs.

Review:

"The value of this particular volume is that it gathers in succinct form a numberof analyses in...topical areas. The analyses presented in
Remaking the Chinese State provide a thought-provoking basis from which to move forward."
-Journal of Asian Studies

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 041525583X
• ISBN 13: 9780415255837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Chien-min Chao, Dickson Bruce