Is China Unstable?: Assessing the Factors

by David L. Shambaugh

Overview

Focuses on the potential for instability in China from political, economic, and historical perspectives. The book considers elite (national) and local politics, micro- and macro-economics, urban and rural conditions, attitudes among intellectuals, and minority areas. The high profile contributors include Thomas Bernstein, Pieter Bottelier, Bruce Dickson, June Dryer, Merle Goldman, Steven Jackson, Nicholas Lardy, H. Lyman Miller, David Shambaugh, and Dorothy Solinger.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765605726
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/30/2000
Series:	Studies on Contemporary China
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: A Typology for Stability and Instability in China, Steven F. Jackson; Chapter 2 How Do We Know If China Is Unstable?, H. Lyman Miller; Chapter 3 The Chinese Leadership: Cracks in the Façade?, David Shambaugh; Chapter 4 Political Instability at the Middle and Lower Levels: Signs of a Decaying CCP, Corruption, and Political Dissent, Bruce J. Dickson; Chapter 5 Sources of Macroeconomic Instability in China, Nicholas R. Lardy; Chapter 6 How Stable Is China? An Economic Perspective, Pieter Bottelier; Chapter 7 ::, Dorothy J. Solinger; Chapter 8 Instability in Rural China, Thomas P. Bernstein; Chapter 9 The Potential for Instability Among Alienated Intellectuals and Students in Post-Mao China, Merle Goldman; Chapter 10 The Potential for Instability in Minority Regions, June Teufel Dreyer; Chapter 11 Chinese Social Trends: Stability or Chaos?, Martin King Whyte;