Chinese politics

Author: (USA) Thomson / Womack / Gu Su / Dong Fang
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book is a significant work by American scholars introducing and researching Chinese politics since the 1980s. The authors use conventional modern political theory to narrate and discuss various aspects of contemporary Chinese politics, including the basic framework, political cultural background, ideology and its transformation, political socialization methods, interest expression and recruitment procedures, as well as government operations and management styles. Particularly, the book summarizes the latest authoritative research findings of international scholars in this field regarding the political implications and impacts of the modernization movement since the late 1970s. The entire book is concise and easy to understand, with thorough and comprehensive arguments, and presents relatively objective and balanced perspectives, making it an important reference book for teaching and research.