| Description |
1 online resource (x, 311 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Series on contemporary China ; v. 10
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Series on contemporary China ; v. 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cornering the market: state strategies for controlling China's commercial media -- Brewing tensions while maintaining stabilities: the dual role of the hukou system in contemporary China -- Resources and strategies: conflicts and consequences in the Chinese real estate market -- Multifaceted state and fragmented society: the dynamics of the environmental movement in China -- Food safety and the development of regulatory institutions in China -- Poverty reductions, decentralization and local governance in China -- Grain for green or grain for gain: an empirical evaluation of the sloping land conversion program in China -- Elections, governance and accountability in rural China. |
| Summary |
China has been enjoying stellar economic growth for more than a quarter of a century. Yet the rapid growth amid market-oriented reforms has not been an unalloyed blessing. The?China Miracle? has been accompanied by soaring income inequality and rising social tensions, over-taxing China?s resource base and contributing to an environmental crisis. Despite substantial improvement in the standard of living and other social indicators, China?s leaders have, in the aftermath of the Tiananmen crackdown, steadfastly held back the opening up of the political system. In this volume, contributors from t. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
China -- History -- 21st century.
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China. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
2000- |
| Subject |
China -- Social conditions -- 2000-
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Social conditions. |
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China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
2002- |
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Since 2000 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Yang, Dali L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Discontented miracle. New Jersey : World Scientific, ©2007 (DLC) 2006048098 |
| ISBN |
9812770666 (electronic book) |
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9789812770660 (electronic book) |
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9789812703545 (alkaline paper) |
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9789812770660 |
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9812703543 (alkaline paper) |
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