| Description |
xv, 464 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Little, Brown series in comparative politics. A country study |
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Little, Brown series in comparative politics. Country study.
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| Contents |
Chapter I: The study of Chinese politics -- The setting of Chinese politics -- Issues in the history of Chinese communism -- Models for the Chinese political system -- Diversity and change in Chinese politics -- Chapter II: The origins of the communist political system -- The Chinese political tradition -- The revolutionary setting -- Soviet communism -- CCP history -- Conclusion -- Chapter III: The political framework: Institutions and the evolution of policy -- A. Political institutions -- Constants of Chinese political organization -- The Chinese communist party -- PRC state structure -- Mass organizations -- B. The evolution of post-1949 policy -- Reconstruction, 1949-1952 -- The first five-year plan, 1953-1957 -- The great leap forward, 1957-1960 -- Retrenchment and recovery, 1961-1965 -- The cultural revolution decade, 1966-1976 -- Socialist modernization and the post-Mao period, 1976-1985 -- Chapter IV: The communist system: Ideology and change -- Ideology and Mao Zedong thought -- Structural features of Mao Zedong thought -- Cyclical change -- Secular change -- Classifying the Chinese system -- Chapter V: Political socialization and communications -- Revolutionary values and the inherited political culture -- Agents of socialization -- Socialization and the cultural revolution -- Post-1976 socialization |
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Chapter VI: Political interest, recruitment, and conflict -- Popular articulation of interests -- Political recruitment -- Elite conflict -- Chapter VII: The governmental process -- Overview of the process -- Decision makings -- Administration -- Rule enforcement and adjudication -- External influences on the process -- Conclusion -- Chapter VIII: From Maoism to modernization: Socialism with Chinese characteristics -- The fate of the Maoist model -- Assessing the revolutionary era -- Emerging issues -- Appendix A: Provincial-level units -- 1. Area and population -- 2. Selected development indicators, 1981 -- Appendix B: National economic indicators -- 1. General indices and rates of growth -- 2. Selected annual economic indices -- 3. Selected international comparisons -- Appendix C: Consumer and welfare indicators -- 1. General -- 2. Rural-urban differences, 1978 and 1982 -- Appendix D: Foreign trade -- 1. Growth, balance, and composition of trade -- 2. Selected commodities -- 3. Trade with selected countries |
| Analysis |
China Politics and government 1949-1976 |
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China Politics and government 1976-2002 |
| Notes |
(Little, Brown series in comparative politics. A Country study) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
China -- Politics and government -- 1949-1976. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024173
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China -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024153 -- 1976-
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China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024175
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China -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024153
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| Author |
Womack, Brantly, 1947-
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| LC no. |
85019873 |
| ISBN |
0316851329 (paperback) |
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