| Is China Unstable?: Assessing the Factors Contributor(s): Shambaugh, David L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765605732 ISBN-13: 9780765605733 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: The chapters in this very timely volume center on the theme of the potential for instability in China. This question is pursued from political, economic, and historical perspectives, and includes separate chapters on elite and local politics, micro and macro economics, urban and rural conditions, attitudes among intellectuals, and minority areas. One of its great strengths is the high caliber of its contributors: Thomas Bernstein, Pieter Bottelier, Bruce Dickson, June Teufel Dreyer, Merle Goldman, Steven F. Jackson, Nicholas Lardy, H. Lyman Miller, David Shambaugh, Dorothy J. Solinger, and It is the belief of the publisher and the contributors that this volume has great potential as a classroom text, being incisive, focused, readable, and accessible. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Slavery |
| Dewey: 306.095 |
| LCCN: 99050215 |
| Series: Studies on Contemporary China (M.E. Sharpe Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.14" W x 9.06" (0.60 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Focuses on the potential for instability in China from political, economic, and historical perspectives. The book considers elite (national) and local politics, micro- and macro-economics, urban and rural conditions, attitudes among intellectuals, and minority areas. The high profile contributors include Thomas Bernstein, Pieter Bottelier, Bruce Dickson, June Dryer, Merle Goldman, Steven Jackson, Nicholas Lardy, H. Lyman Miller, David Shambaugh, and Dorothy Solinger. |
