How authoritarian states adapt to new phenomena
Two studies exploring the question of linkage between Beijing’s foreign policy and domestic politics in the PRC
Two studies examine the Fu-t’ien Incident and the Agrarian Reform in Kwangtung
A study of the dynamics at the center of Chinese politics as revealed in the “Central Documents” through which the leadership communicates with the rest of the political system.
The story of how politicians who believed in constitutionalism were driven to destroy it by the short-term tactical requirements of their chosen political game
Explains how reforms in the late Qing dynasty indirectly amplified the social forces that brought about the Revolution of 1911
Searches the lives of six top politicians in the post-Mao Zedong era for answers about their paths to power
Uses an interest-group approach to look at policymaking in China through studies of the roles of workers, peasants, scientists, intellectuals, managers, and the military
Searches for the secrets of the durability of Chinese culture during the Leninist transformations of the 20th century