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Politics of China: Central People
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Bringing together substantial essays by leading scholars, this volume offers a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the politics of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 to the mid-1990s. The first four chapters are drawn from The Cambridge History of China, Volumes 14 and 15. The last two chapters have been written specifically for this paperback edition. Richard Baum’s chapter covers the events of the 1980s, and Joseph Fewsmith’s concluding essay extends the second edition’s coverage into the 1990s. The particular strength of the volume is the depth of expert knowledge provided for each extraordinary political era; each period is covered by a specialist on the events of that time. The volume should serve equally well for the general reader with an interest in China and for students, as well as acting as a valuable reference for specialists.
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This course covers the politics of the People's Republic of China , from its foundation in 1949 to the present. Because this a one-semester course and the PRC is getting older and older, not much time can be devoted to pre-l949 China . The course is divided into two parts. The first covers the era of Chairman Mao Zedong's dominance from l949-l976. The second covers the “reform era,” which began in l978 and is still in progress. There are major continuities between the two periods, such as continued rule by the Chinese Communist Party, but there are ... extremely important differences. Under Mao, the major question was how and how rapidly “socialism” could be built.
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This course is designed to provide an introduction to the key issues in the contemporary politics of the People's Republic of China. It covers the periods spanning from the Maoist (1949-1976) to reform eras (1978-present). The course is divided into four sections: Communist China under Mao; the political economy of transition; the political agents under transition, and the challenges that China faces in moving forward. While China's political transformations are characterized by many cultural traditions and informal norms, this course focuses on the formal aspects of political institutions, actors and forces shaping China's transition. It is intended to complement the other more humanities-oriented China courses currently offered by the Faculty of Asian Studies.
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