Publisher's Synopsis
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.
