"A lively and well written comparison of economic transformation in China and the USSR/Russia, combining a good knowledge of the Chinese economy with a radical critique of Western transition orthodoxy, this very topical and very controversial book will be useful reading for stud…
"This book systematically analyzes the dramatic contrast in the results of post-Stalinist reform in China and Russia. In the late 1980s a "transition orthodoxy" about how to reform the communist systems of political economy emerged. It argued for a political revolution to overth…
"Over the five decades since the establishment of the United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an acceptance has grown of the treatment of individuals and groups within domestic societies as a legitimate focus of global attention. Played out dramatically…
This is an examination of the effect of the UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the individual, state institutional and advocacy network behaviour.
This is an examination of the effect of the UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the individual, state, institutional and advocacy network behaviour.
Over the five decades since the establishment of the United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, issues of human rights have become a dominant feature of our global community. An acceptance has grown of the treatment of individuals and groups within domesti…
Over the five decades since the establishment of the United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, issues of human rights have become a dominant feature of our global community. An acceptance has grown of the treatment of individuals and groups within domesti…
This is an examination of the effect of the UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the individual, state institutional and advocacy network behaviour.
To understand political change in contemporary China it is crucial to understand the position of intellectuals in the society and their often troubled relation to the state. This book explores the ideas of prominent Chinese intellectuals, their relationship to the pro-democracy …