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1、StateandSocietyin21st-centuryChinaThisbookshowshowChina’seconomic“MandateofMammon”cannotfullyreplacethelegitimist“MandateofHeaven.”Theex-Communiststatedispos-sessesitsproletariatandarrestsstrikeleadersbutnotordinarystrikers.Taxevasions,moraldeviances,localusesofelectionlawsagains
2、tofficials,andotherhalf-institutionalizedformsofsocialpoliticsarerichlydocumentedhere.Thechaptersmixfreshresearchwithboldnewinterpretations.MostoftheseauthorsshowChina’sregimetypeasincoherent,neitherresidual-revolutionarynortransitional-liberal.Theeditorshavethusunifiedthebookaro
3、undathemethatcontributestocomparativepolitics.Everyonewhoisinterestedincontem-poraryChinaneedstoreadthisbook.Iwillcertainlyuseitincourses.LynnT.WhiteIII,ProfessorofPoliticsandInternationalAffairs,WoodrowWilsonSchool,PrincetonUniversityWrittenbyateamofleadingChinascholars,thisbook
4、exploresthedynamicsofstatepowerandlegitimationin21st-centuryChina,andtheimplicationsofchangingstate–societyrelationsforthefutureviabilityofthePeople’sRepublic.Subjectscoveredinclude:•thelegitimacyoftheCommunistParty;•state–societyrelations;•ethnicandreligiousresistance;•ruralandu
5、rbancontention;•nationalism;•popularandyouthculture;•prospectsfordemocracy.Broadinsweepandrichinempiricaldetail,thistimelyvolumewillappealtostudentsandscholarsofcontemporaryChina,aswellasthoseinterestedinthedynamicsofpoliticalandsocialchange.PeterHaysGriesisAssistantProfessorofPo
6、liticalScienceattheUniversityofColorado,BoulderandCo-DirectoroftheSino-AmericanSecurityDialogue.HeisauthorofChina’sNewNationalism:Pride,PoliticsandDiplomacy.StanleyRosenisProfessorintheDepartmentofPoliticalScienceattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia.HehaspublishedwidelyonChinaandh
7、isbooksincludeRedGuardFactionalismandtheCulturalRevolutioninGuangzhouandPolicyConflictsinPost-MaoChina:ADocumentarySurveywithAnalysis(co-editedwithJohnP.Burns).Asia’sTransformationsEditedbyMarkSelden,BinghamtonUniversityandCornellUniversity,USAThebooksinthisseriesexplorethepoliti
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