State and Society in 21st Century China: Crisis, Contention and Legitimation (Asia's Transformations) - Tapa dura

Written by a team of leading China scholars, this fully updated 2nd edition of State and Society in 21st Century China explores the dynamics of state power and legitimation in China, and the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People's Republic. Key subjects covered include:

• the legitimacy of the Communist Party
• state-society relations
• ethnic and religious resistance
• rural and urban contention
• nationalism
• popular and youth culture
• prospects for democracy

With brand new chapters on the internet, labor relations through welfare rights and social inequality, this book remains essential reading for students and scholars of Chinese politics and history as well as those interested in the dynamics of political and social change.