Post-Mao China: From Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism?

by Sujian Guo

Book Overview

Guo challenges the predominant view that post-Mao China has moved away from communist totalitarianism and that totalitarianism is an outdated paradigm for China studies. He seeks to reconstruct a plausible macro-model in conceptual and comparative terms for defining regime identity and assessing the nature of regime change. Professor Guo then applies the model to the study of regime change in post-Mao China and reevaluates post-Mao changes across...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275967808
• ISBN13: 9780275967802
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"