ISBN:
9780415164030
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (293 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge in Asia
Parallel Title:
Print version China's Provinces in Reform : Class, Community and Political Culture
DDC:
306.20951
Keywords:
Community life ; China ; Provinces
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Political culture ; China ; Provinces
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Social classes ; China ; Provinces
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State governments ; China
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
China is a far larger and more diverse country than many people in the West realise. The provinces that make up the country are considerable social, economic and political systems in their own right. They are comparable in size and complexity to European states.China's Provinces in Reform is concerned with the impact of economic reform and social and politial change within the provinces at the immediate sub-central level of the People's Republic of China. One of the main aims of this book is to question over-generalizations about China's development in the reform era. However, the provincial a
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; China in reform: the view from the provinces; Guangxi: towards Southwest China and Southeast Asia; Hainan: communal politics and the struggle for identity; Liaoning: struggling with the burdens of the past; Shandong: the political economy of development and inequality; Shanghai: an alternative centre?; Sichuan: disadvantage and mismanagement in the Heavenly Kingdom; Zhejiang: paradoxes of restoration, reinvigoration and renewal; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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