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China's Quest for Political Legitimacy
The New Equity-Enhancing Politics
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2010
Summary
This book examines the new equity-enhancing politics in China in the context of Chinese traditional cognitive patterns of political legitimacy and its implication for Chinese political development in the near future. Based on an analysis of the new governing philosophy, the generation of political elite, and a new set of public policies, the book reaffirms the emergence of a new Chinese polity that infuses one-party rule with limited electoral and deliberative democracies.
Unlike many scholars who perceive the contemporary Chinese history as a constant search for democracy, this book takes a very different approach. It asserts that the enduring question in political development in China today is no different from what was sought after throughout Chinese history, namely, the constant search for political legitimacy. Even though the quest for democracy is instrumental to that end, it may not ultimately lead to the embrace of a full-fledged liberal democracy. The new politics is not only a rationalization of the efficiency-based development, but also a major paradigm shift in China's developmental strategy.
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Edition
1/2010
Copyright Year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-2258-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-3312-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
216
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Acknowledgments No access
1 Introduction: A Theory of Political Legitimacy No access Pages 1 - 18
2 A New Governing Philosophy No access Pages 19 - 42
3 The Emergence of a New Political Elite No access Pages 43 - 62
4 Toward a Deliberative State No access Pages 63 - 82
5 Community Governance in Action No access Pages 83 - 104
6 The Environmental "New Deal" No access Pages 105 - 130
7 Changing the Balance of Power in Labor Relations No access Pages 131 - 158
8 The New Equity-Oriented Health Care Reform No access Pages 159 - 178
9 Conclusions: Toward a New Chinese Polity No access Pages 179 - 196
