Papers from a conference held at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University in September 1996.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-447).
Contents
Dynamic economy, declining party-state / Merle Goldman and Roderick MacFarquhar -- China's transition in economic perspective / Barry Naughton -- Elite politics / Joseph Fewsmith -- Party-military relations / Paul H.B. Godwin -- National People's Congress / Murray Scot Tanner -- Struggle over village elections / Lianjiang Li and Kevin J. O'Brien -- Mass political behavior in Beijing / Tianjian Shi -- Changing role of workers / Martin King Whyte -- Farmer discontent and regime responses / Thomas P. Bernstein -- China's floating population / Dorothy J. Solinger -- New middle class / David S.G. Goodman -- Rise of private business interests / Kristen Parris -- Emergence of politically independent intellectuals / Merle Goldman -- Crime, corruption, and contention / Elizabeth J. Perry -- "State of the state" / Richard Baum and Alexei Shevchenko.