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1 online resource (xv, 406 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-393) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : two opposing views of China -- Déjà vu all over again : China and the East Asian Model -- Taking rights seriously? : official policy and actual practice -- Social and economic rights, law and order, women's rights, and cultural rights -- Of rights and wrongs : why China is subject to a double standard on rights -- Institutional reform : rule of law and good governance -- Debating democracy -- What if China democratizes? What if it doesn't? -- Conclusion : modernity with modesty, the strengths and limits of the EAM. |
| Summary |
Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today; one of a rising superpower, and the other of an anachronistic, authoritarian regime. So which is the real China? Randall Peerenboom offers a controversial, first-hand account of modern China focusing on its economic, political and legal attributes within the context of the developing world. - ;Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today. On the one hand a rising superpower predicted to have the largest economy in the world by mid century, on the other hand a brutal, anachronistic and authoritarian regime, a threat to geo-stability and. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human rights -- China.
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Human rights. |
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China. |
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Democracy -- China.
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Democracy. |
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Globalization -- China.
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Globalization. |
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China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
2002- |
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China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
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Economic conditions. |
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2000- |
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Since 2000 |
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Electronic books.
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Human rights. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Peerenboom, R.P. (Randall P.), 1958- China modernizes. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 0199208344 9780199208340 (DLC) 2006027155 (OCoLC)71126751 |
| ISBN |
9780191514135 (electronic book) |
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0191514136 (electronic book) |
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9780191696183 |
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0191696188 |
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0199208344 (Cloth) |
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9780199208340 |
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