| Description |
xviii, 407 pages ; 24 cm |
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4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Cambridge modern China series.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Part I. The Dictatorial Regime: 1. The nature of the Najing regime -- 2. Sun Yat-sen's conception of political tutelage -- 3. Sun Yat-sen's democratic thought -- 4. The legacy of Sun Yat-sen's thought -- 5. The dictatorship of Chiang Kai-shek -- 6. Chiang Kai-shek and constitution-making -- 7. Conclusion -- Part II. Setting the Opposition Agenda: 8. The issue of human rights, 1929-31 -- 9. Hu Shi's opening salvo -- 10. Luo Longji's conception of human rights -- 11. Central concerns of the human rights group -- 12. Democracy and expertocracy -- 13. Conclusion -- Part III. The National Emergency 1932-36 -- 14. Political and intellectual responses -- 15. The National Emergency conference -- 16. A critique of Wang Jingwei's views on political tutelage -- 17. Sun Fo's reformist views -- 18. The advocacy of neo-dictatorship -- 19. Conclusion -- Part IV. In Defense of 1933-36 -- 20. Hu Shi's 'Kindergarten politics' -- 21. Zhang Xirou's defense of liberal values -- 22. Other pro-democracy views -- 23. Democratization within the framework of political tutelage -- 24. Are democracy and dictatorship mutually exclusive -- 25. Revisionist democracy -- 26. Conclusion -- Part V. Wartime Politics: 27. The people's political council, 1938-45 -- 28. The MPGs on the eve of the Sino-Japanese War -- 29. Formation of the people's political council -- 30. The early phase of the PPC -- 31. The early phase of the PPC -- 32. Renewed push for constitutionalism -- 33. Evaluation of the PPC -- Part VI. Wartime Democratic Thought: 34. The GMD's wartime democratic rhetoric -- 35. The CCP's new democracy -- 36. The democratic thoughts of the MPG's and the Independents -- 37. Understanding democracy -- 38. Conclusion -- Part VII. The Third Force Movement: 39. The Chinese Democratic League, 1941-45 -- 40. Formation of the Democratic league -- 41. Organization and leadership -- 42. Views on democracy and the political platform -- 43. Relations with the CCP and the GMD -- 44. Mediation and opposition to Civil War -- 45. Conclusion -- Part VIII. 'Peace, Democracy, and Unification', 1946 -- 46. The political consultative conference -- 47. The PCCs ultimate failure -- 48. The notion of coalition government -- 49. Mediation of the third force -- 50. Reflections on the third force peace efforts -- Part IX. The Last Stand of Chinese Liberalism: 51. The post-war pro-democracy setting -- 52. The third force revisited -- 53. Where are the liberals headed? -- 54. The liberal-equality debate -- 55. The Socialism-democracy relationship -- 56. The fate of civil opposition -- 57. Conclusion -- Part X. Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Fung examines the internal and external factors that shaped liberal thought in the 1930s and 1940s. He argues that the reasons the growth of democracy was retarded and then ended during this period were ultimately more political than cultural. He questions the assumptions that Chinese liberal intellectuals were averse to political engagement, that they had little real appreciation for the central principle of the liberal creed and little understanding of Western democratic thought, and that China lacked the intellectual foundations for democracy. He concludes that the Nationalist era contained the real germs of a reformist, liberal order that had been prevented from growing by party politics, a lack of regime leadership, and bad strategic decisions. The legacy of China's liberal thinkers during this understudied era, however, can be seen in the prodemocracy movement of the post-Mao Zedong period."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
China |
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Communist parties |
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Democracy |
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History, 1901-1945 |
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History, 1946-1969 |
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Human rights |
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Liberalism |
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Nationalism |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
'Digitally printed first paperback version 2006' |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
System requirements: MS-DOS compatible system with CD-ROM drive |
| Subject |
Democracy -- China.
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Human rights -- China.
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International economic integration -- Periodicals.
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Caribbean Area -- Commercial policy -- Periodicals.
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China -- Politics and government -- 1912-1949.
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China -- Politics and government.
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Latin America -- Commercial policy -- Periodicals.
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Latin America -- Economic integration -- Periodicals.
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| Genre/Form |
Periodicals.
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| Author |
United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America.
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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| LC no. |
99036625 |
| ISBN |
0521025818 (paperback) |
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0521771242 |
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9780521025812 (paperback) |
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9780521771245 (hbk.) |
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