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Keywords
- Democracy
- democratization
- political development
- modernization theory
- historical institutionalism
- Confucianism
- intellectual
- Sun Yet-sen
- Maoism
- political moralism
- state centralism
- elitism
- populism
- reform
- openness
- property rights
- human rights
- freedom
- civil society
- Marketization
About this book
China's quest for democracy is constrained by Confucian legacies and the norm of the one-party system. This book explores the feasible paths toward democracy in China, challenging methodological wisdom in employing quantitative changes in socioeconomic structure to predict dichotomous change in the political system.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Lin Gang is Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Academic Committee Chair of the School of International and Public Affairs, and Director of the Center for Taiwan Studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He has served as Program Associate at the Woodrow Wilson Center and President of the Association of Chinese Political Studies. He is the author of several books, including China after Jiang.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: China’s Long Quest for Democracy
Authors: Lin Gang
Series Title: New Perspectives on Chinese Politics and Society
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59276-7Published: 15 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95985-3Published: 11 February 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-5404
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5412
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 239