Making China strong : the role of nationalism in Chinese thinking on democracy and human rights

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Making China strong : the role of nationalism in Chinese thinking on democracy and human rights

Robert Weatherley

(The politics and development of contemporary China series / series editors, Kevin Cai, Pan Guang, Daniel C. Lynch)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Bibliography: p. 190-208

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

Robert Weatherley argues that Chinese perceptions of democracy and human rights have been heavily influenced by the pressing issue of how to make China strong in the face of a perceived threat posed by foreign imperialism, be it military imperialism during the previous two centuries and cultural imperialism in more recent decades.

Table of Contents

1. Saving the Empire: Democracy and Rights in the Late Qing Dynasty 2. Building a New China: Democracy and Rights in the Early Republican Period (1912-1928) 3. Towards Authoritarianism: Withholding Democracy for the Good of the Nation (1928-49) 4. Protecting the People's Republic: Mass Democracy and Class Rights in the Mao and Early Post-Mao Eras 5. From Military Imperialism to Cultural Imperialism: Democracy and Rights in the Post-Mao Era

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