China in Transition

Issues and Policies
1999. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-333-73134-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

The authors focus on the important, controversial issues and policies of contemporary China. These include new intellectual currents and re-assessment of socialism in the PRC, grassroots political participation in rural China, public maladministration and bureaucratic corruption, and legal reform.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teather, D.

Yee, H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction; D.C.B.Teacher & H.S.Yee PART I: POLITICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES New Intellectual Currents in the People's Republic of China; W.Meissner Grassroots Political Participation in Rural China; H.S.Yee & Wang J. Public Maladministration and Bureaucratic Corruption; S.S.H.Lo Legal Reform in the Quest for a Market Economy; Carlos W.H.Lo PART II: FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES Sino-American Relations in the Post-Cold War Era; Ting W. Sovereignty Disputes across the Taiwan Straits; Chen Y.H. PART III: ECONOMIC ISSUES China's Regional Development Issues; Li Si M. Rural Industrialization and International Trade; Zhang X. The Challenge of Sustainable Development; K.K.Wong PART IV: SOCIAL ISSUES The Political Economy of Anti-Poverty in Socialist China; L.T.Chuen The Evolution of Family Planning Policies; Siu Y.M. List of Tables and Figures

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID TEATHER obtained batchelor and doctoral degrees at University College London. He subsequently held academic appointments at the Universities of London, Liverpool, Otago and New England, before taking up the post of Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Hong Kong Baptist University. His recent books include and (with Alex Fung and Others) .

HERBERT S. YEE is an Associate Professor in Government and International Studies at the Hong Kong Baptist University. He has authored or edited seven books on Chinese politics in Chinese.