Reforming the Revolution

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REFORMING THE REVOLUTION China in Transition
Edited by Robert Benewick and Paul Wingrove
The China of Mao Zedong's heirs often bewilders even the specialist. Change has been so rapid and so comprehensive that there hardly seems time to draw breath and take account. And when the accounting is done, the accountants rarely agree.
This book provides a concise but comprehensive view of the contours of the new China, describing the present and relating it to its immediate past. It lays bare the strategies and arguments that brought about profound change in every direction: in politics, the dominance of Deng Xiaoping and the rejection of much of the Maoist heritage; in economics, the abandonment of the communes and the encouragement of entrepreneurialism; in international relations, a foreign policy that recognises few enemies and has flung open the door to capital and technology from the once-reviled West.
To complete the picture, the book looks at the equally remarkable but less... Tovább

Fülszöveg

REFORMING THE REVOLUTION China in Transition
Edited by Robert Benewick and Paul Wingrove
The China of Mao Zedong's heirs often bewilders even the specialist. Change has been so rapid and so comprehensive that there hardly seems time to draw breath and take account. And when the accounting is done, the accountants rarely agree.
This book provides a concise but comprehensive view of the contours of the new China, describing the present and relating it to its immediate past. It lays bare the strategies and arguments that brought about profound change in every direction: in politics, the dominance of Deng Xiaoping and the rejection of much of the Maoist heritage; in economics, the abandonment of the communes and the encouragement of entrepreneurialism; in international relations, a foreign policy that recognises few enemies and has flung open the door to capital and technology from the once-reviled West.
To complete the picture, the book looks at the equally remarkable but less widely discussed culmral and social changes in China's education, health and welfare systems, in its revitalised literary world, and in the organisation of families and households.
Reforming the Revolution is an indispensable guide for students and general readers alike. Its information is up to date. It picks out the essentials from a crowded picture. It covers all the key problem-areas. It is written by specialists but without jargon or the language of the professional China-watcher. It provides both an introduction to China's new era and a companion to fiirther study.
For a note on the editors, please see the back flap Vissza