| Description |
xxxi, 219 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Thornton Center Chinese thinkers series |
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Thornton Center Chinese thinkers series.
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| Contents |
Democracy is a good thing -- The study of political science and public administration in China : an overview -- The seventeenth Party Congress and the agenda for China's political reforms -- China's civil society : conceptual definitions, types, and background -- The characteristics of Chinese civil society : administrative regulations and institutional environment -- Civil society organizations : challenges and responses -- Culture and modernity in the Chinese intellectual discourse : a historical perspective -- The transformation of Chinese culture since the launching of reform : a historical perspective -- China's economic modernization and sustainability -- Harmony between man and nature : China's environmental practices and challenges -- Preserving China's autonomy in the era of globalization -- Federalism in modern China : concepts and experiments -- A harmonious world and global governance : a Chinese perspective |
| Summary |
"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 political development is heading"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Translated from Chinese |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-205) and index |
| Subject |
Democracy -- China.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024153
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| LC no. |
2008041977 |
| ISBN |
9780815796947 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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081579694 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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