For decades, China's rise to power was characterized by its reassurance that this rise would be peaceful. Then, as Susan L. Shirk, shows in this sobering, clear-eyed account of China today, something changed. For three decades after Mao's death in 1976, China's leaders adopted a…
Susan L. Shirk combines decades of research, analysis, and first-hand anecdotes to illuminate China's evolving role on the world's stage and the deterioration of relations with the United States. Shirk opens the 'black box' of China's political system, revealing what lies behind…
"For three decades after Mao's death in 1976, China's leaders adopted a restrained approach to foreign policy. They determined that any threat to their power, and that of the Chinese Communist Party, came not from abroad but from within--a conclusion cemented by the 1989 Tiananm…
In Overreach, Susan L. Shirk combines decades of research, analysis, and first-hand anecdotes to illuminate China's evolving role on the world's stage and the deterioration of relations with the United States. Shirk opens the ""black box"" of China's political system, revealing …
"After the Communist Revolution, Desmond Shum's grandfather was marked as belonging to a "black category" that included former landlords and rich peasants -- meaning the Shums would be stigmatized and impoverished. As Desmond was growing up, he vowed his life would be different.…
"Cadres and Corruption reveals the long history of the Communist Party's inability to maintain a corps of committed and disciplined cadres. Contrary to popular understanding of China's pervasive corruption as an administrative or ethical problem, the author argues that corruptio…
"In this study, Dali Yang examines a wide range of governance reforms in the People's Republic of China, including administrative rationalization, divestiture of businesses operated by the military and the building of anticorruption mechanisms, to analyze how China's leaders hav…
"In this study, Dali Yang examines a wide range of governance reforms in the People's Republic of China, including administrative rationalization, divestiture of businesses operated by the military and the building of anticorruption mechanisms, to analyze how China's leaders hav…
The new elite in post-communist Eastern Europe
by Shlapentokh, Vladimir, Vanderpool, Christopher K., Doktorov, B. Z., (Boris Zusmanovich), International Conference "The New Elite in the Post-Communist World, Michigan State University)
fromEastern European studies (College Station, Tex.)
"With the collapse of the Soviet Union, a radical metamorphosis took place in Eastern Europe as major power structures were replaced by new systems of power and authority. With new power systems came new types of dominant elites. The New Elite in Post-Communist Eastern Europe id…
"When Deng Xiaoping launched his economic reforms in the late 1970s, he vowed to build "socialism with Chinese characteristics." Three and half decades later, behind its rapid growth and glitzy façade, modernization under one-party rule has spawned a form of rapacious crony capi…
China's Crony Capitalism
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Origins of Crony Capitalism -- Chapter 2. The Soil of Crony Capitalism -- Chapter 3. Public Offices for Sale -- Chapter 4. Cronyism in Action -- Chapter 5. Stealing from the State -- Chapter …