China Since the Cultural Revolution: From Totalitarianism to Authoritarianism [Hardcover]

Jie Chen (Author), Peng Deng (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0275946479 | ISBN-13: 978-0275946470 | Publication Date: October 30, 1994

This book provides an alternative analytical approach to the study of China's political changes since the Cultural Revolution, which treats those changes as a transition from totalitarianism to authoritarianism. While depicting important political-economic events, it focuses on the changes in such major sociopolitical factors as the people's attitude toward the regime, government policy, the ruling methods of the regime, and the interrelationships among them. Based on the analyses of these factors, the book also predicts the future of the current Communist regime in terms of the challenges it will face and its ability to meet them.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Based on extensive use of primary Chinese sources, this work argues that changes in public attitudes toward and perception of a polity resulting from changing sociopolitical preconditions can cause a change in the polity's nature. Upper division undergraduates, graduates, and faculty.”–Choice

“...will be of considerable interest not only to scholars and advanced students in the China field but to comparativists who study modern regimes. It will also be useful in graduate-level political science and history courses dealing with Asian politics and history.”–Perspectives on Political Science

About the Author

JIE CHEN is the author of Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy (Praeger, 1992).

PENG DENG is Assistant Professor of History at High Point University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Praeger Publishers (October 30, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275946479
• ISBN-13: 978-0275946470
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,862,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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