Democracy is a good thing [ essays on politics, society, and culture in contemporary China
"Presents selections of works of Yu Keping, a Chinese intellectual and figure in official think tanks, on politics and democracy that reveal the ongoing debates in Chinese political and intellectual circles on democratic reform and where China's politic
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Brookings Institution Press ,
c2009
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| Series: | The Thornton Center Chinese thinkers series
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Democracy is a good thing
- 2. The study of political science and public administration in China : an overview
- 3.The seventeenth Party Congress and the agenda for China's political reforms
- 4. China's civil society : conceptual definitions, types, and background
- 5. The characteristics of Chinese civil society : administrative regulations and institutional environment
- 6. Civil society organizations : challenges and responses
- 7. Culture and modernity in the Chinese intellectual discourse : a historical perspective
- 8. The transformation of Chinese culture since the launching of reform : a historical perspective
- 9. China's economic modernization and sustainability
- 10. Harmony between man and nature : China's environmental practices and challenges
- 11. Preserving China's autonomy in the era of globalization
- 12. Federalism in modern China : concepts and experiments
- 13. A harmonious world and global governance : a Chinese perspective