State and Society in 21st Century China: Crisis, Contention and Legitimation

by Peter Hays Gries and Stanley Rosen

Book Overview

Written by a team of leading China scholars, this book explores the dynamics of state power and legitimation in twenty-first century China, and the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People's Republic. Key subjects covered include:

the legitimacy of the Communist Party state-society relations ethnic and religious resistance rural and urban contention nationalism popular and youth culture prospects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415332052
• ISBN13: 9780415332057
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"