State and Society in 21st Century China: Crisis, Contention and Legitimation - Paperback
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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 for democracy.
Peter Hays Gries is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the university of Colorado, Boulder and Co-Director of the Sino-American Security Dialogue. He is author of China's New Nationalism: Pride, Politics and Diplomacy.
Stanley Rosen is Professor in the School of Political Science at the University of Southern California. He has published widely on China and his books include: Red Guard Factionalism and the Cultural Revolution in Guangzhou and Policy Conflicts in Post-Mao China: A Documentary Survey with Analysis.Contributor(s)
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