SOCIALIST CHINA, CAPITALIST CHINA by Guoguang Wu (Editor), Helen Lansdowne (Editor) ( 9781134016426 )

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Title:

SOCIALIST CHINA, CAPITALIST CHINA
SOCIAL TENSION AND POLITICAL ADAPTATION UNDER ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION

By:

Guoguang Wu (Editor), Helen Lansdowne (Editor)

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1134016425

ISBN 13:

9781134016426

Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 March, 2009

Series:

China Policy Series

Pages:

240

Synopsis:

China is currently encountering increasing social problems, together with the rise of mass discontent and public protest, despite having achieved enormous economic growth after nearly thirty years of market socialism and embracing globalization. The future of China thus depends not only on the economic progress the nation has achieved - and will achieve - but also on how the government addresses growing social tensions. Focusing on why social tensions have arisen despite economic prosperity and how the state is responding, this book presents rich, original data about many of the social challenges facing China, including rural-urban migration, unemployment, the health care crisis, the rise of religion, the desire for increased individualism, and new mass movements. It investigates governmental responses to deal with the problems including legal and political reforms and local governance innovations, throughout setting the discussion in the context of how far a traditionally `socialist' nation can be integrated into global capitalism. Overall, the book provides a timely, up-to-date, and down-to-earth examination of and reflection on China's continuing socio-economic and political transition.

Illustrations:

11 Line drawings, black and white; 22 Tables, black and white; 11

Publication:

Imprint:

Routledge

Returns:

Non-returnable

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