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Author Peerenboom, R. P. (Randall P.), 1958-

Title China modernizes : threat to the West or model for the rest? / Randall Peerenboom.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  320.951 P346c 2007    ---  Available
Description xv, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-393) and index.
Contents Introduction : two opposing views of China -- Deja vu all over again : China and the East Asian Model -- Taking rights seriously? : official policy and actual practice -- Social and economic rights, law and order, women's rights, and cultural rights -- Of rights and wrongs : why China is subject to a double standard on rights -- Institutional reform : rule of law and good governance -- Debating democracy -- What if China democratizes? What if it doesn't? -- Conclusion : modernity with modesty, the strengths and limits of the EAM.
Subject Human rights -- China.
Democracy -- China.
Globalization -- China.
China -- Politics and government -- 2002-
China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
ISBN 0199208344
9780199208340
Standard No. YDXCP 100449595
NLGGC 297842358
NZ1 10984208
AU@ 000040692748

 
    
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