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001 2013017638
003 DLC
005 20151003080201.0
008 130605s2013 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013017638
020 $a9781421412436 (pbk.)
020 $z9781421412443 (electronic)
020 $a1421412438 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aJQ1516$b.W55 2013
082 00 $a320.951$223
084 $aPOL000000$aPOL011000$aPOL007000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aWill China democratize? /$cedited by Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner.
264 1 $aBaltimore, Md. :$bThe Johns Hopkins University Press,$c[2013]
300 $axx, 311 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aA journal of democracy book
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"While China has achieved extraordinary economic success as it has moved toward open markets and international trade, its leadership maintains its authoritarian grip, repressing political movements, controlling all internet traffic, and opposing any democratic activity. Because of its huge population, more than half the people in the world who lack political freedom live in China. Its undemocratic example is attractive to other authoritarian regimes. But can China continue its growth without political reform? In Will China Democratize?, Andrew J. Nathan, Larry Diamond, and Marc F. Plattner present valuable analysis for anyone interested in this significant yet perplexing question.Since the Journal of Democracy's very first issue in January 1990, which featured articles reflecting on the then-recent Tiananmen Square massacre, the Journal has regularly published articles about China and its politics. By bringing together the wide spectrum of views that have appeared in the Journal's pages--from contributors including Fang Lizhi, Perry Link, Michel Oksenberg, Minxin Pei, Henry S. Rowen, and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo-- Will China Democratize? provides a clear view of the complex forces driving change in China's regime and society.Whether China will democratize--and if so, when and how--has not become any easier to answer today, but it is more crucial for the future of international politics than ever before"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aDemocratization$zChina.
650 0 $aDemocracy$zChina.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zChina.
650 0 $aCivil rights$zChina.
650 0 $aHuman rights$zChina.
651 0 $aChina$xPolitics and government.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aNathan, Andrew J.$q(Andrew James)
700 1 $aDiamond, Larry Jay.
700 1 $aPlattner, Marc F.,$d1945-