National identity and democratic prospects in socialist China

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National identity and democratic prospects in socialist China

Edward Friedman

(An East gate book)

M.E. Sharpe, c1995

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This analysis of every facet of a national identity makes it less likely that the next great explosion in the Commmunist world - and its consequences - will come as a surprise. It investigates tendencies in China that might lead it down the same path as Russia and Yugoslavia.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Contending National Projects
  • Part 2 National Identity Crisis
  • Chapter 2 New Nationalist Identities in Post-Leninist Transformations
  • Chapter 3 Ethnic Identity and the Denationalization and Democratization of Leninist States
  • Chapter 4 A Failed Chinese Modernity
  • Chapter 5 China's North-South Split and the Forces of Disintegration
  • Chapter 6 Reconstructing China's National Identity
  • Part 3 After Socialist Anti-Imperialism
  • Chapter 7 Anti-Imperialism in Chinese Foreign Policy
  • Chapter 8 Democracy and Peace Versus Dictatorship and War
  • Chapter 9 Confucian Leninism and Patriarchal Authoritarianism
  • Chapter 10 Is China a Model of Reform Success?
  • Chapter 11 Was Mao Zedong a Revolutionary?
  • Part 4 Democratic Prospects
  • Chapter 12 Is Democracy a Universal Ethical Standard?
  • Chapter 13 Consolidating Democratic Breakthroughs in Leninist States
  • Chapter 14 Permanent Technological Revolution and China's Tortuous Path to Democratizing Leninism
  • Chapter 15 Democracy and "Mao Fever"
  • Chapter 16 The Oppositional Decoding of China's Leninist Media
  • Part 5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 17 Some Continuities Are Radical Ruptures

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