China Against the Tides: Restructuring Through Revolution, Radicalism and Reform

by Marc Blecher (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2009

  $214.49

  Argues that, in both Mao and Deng periods, China evolved in ways quite different from the Soviet model and from other developing countries. This title explores China from two comparative perspectives: developing countries (including the industrializing countries of East Asia) and historical state socialist regimes.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.25

  This new edition argues that, in both Mao and Deng periods, China has evolved in ways quite different from the Soviet model and from other developing countries. Like its predecessor, the book's approach is interdisciplinary and comparative. Professor Blecher analyzes China by introducing appropriate theories and concepts from historical and political sociology, economic development and political science. He explores China from two comparative perspectives: developing countries (including the newly industrializing countries of East Asia) and historical state socialist regimes. The book's chapters cover: imperial collapse, republican failure and communist triumph; a chronological overview since 1949; the state and politics; socialism and society; rural political economy; urban political economy; China and the Pacific Rim; the crisis of reform; and the future of Chinese economic development and politics.