UID:
almahu_9947414377702882
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 407 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511471018 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge modern China series
Content:
Why modern China has been unable to institutionalize democracy is a long-standing topic of debate and the ultimate subject of this book. The greatest momentum for democracy, Edmund Fung contends, emerged between 1929 and 1949 with civil opposition to the one-party rule of the Guomindang. This analysis of China's liberal intellectuals and political activists who pursued democracy in the 1930s and 1940s, fills a gap in the historical literature on the period between May Fourth Radicalism and the Chinese Communists' accession to power. Fung argues that the reasons the growth of democracy was thwarted during this period were ultimately more political than cultural. The Nationalist era contained the germs of a reformist, liberal order, which was prevented from growing by party politics, a lack of regime leadership, and bad strategic decisions. The legacy of China's liberal thinkers can be seen, however, in the pro-democracy movement of the post-Mao period.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Dictatorial Regime.
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Nature of the Nanjing Regime.
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Sun Yat-sen's Conception of Political Tutelage.
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Sun Yat-sen's Democratic Thought.
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Legacy of Sun Yat-sen's Thought.
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Dictatorship of Chiang Kai-shek.
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Chiang Kai-shek and Constitution Making --
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Setting the Opposition Agenda: The Issue of Human Rights, 1929-1931.
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Hu Shi's Opening Salvo.
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Luo Longji's Conception of Human Rights.
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Central Concerns of the Human Rights Group.
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Democracy and "Expertocracy" --
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National Emergency, 1932-1936: Political and Intellectual Responses.
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National Emergency Conference.
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Critique of Wang Jingwei's Views on Political Tutelage.
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Sun Fo's Reformist Views.
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Advocacy of Neo-dictatorship --
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In Defense of Democracy, 1933-1936.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521771245
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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Law
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511471018
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