From Comrade to Citizen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Comrade to Citizen write by Merle Goldman. This book was released on 2007-09-30. From Comrade to Citizen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A leading scholar of China's modern political development examines the changing relationship between the Chinese people and the state. Correcting the conventional view of China as having instituted extraordinary economic changes but having experienced few political reforms in the post-Mao period, Merle Goldman details efforts by individuals and groups to assert their political rights. China's move to the market and opening to the outside world have loosened party controls over everyday life and led to the emergence of ideological diversity. Starting in the 1980s, multi-candidate elections for local officials were held, and term limits were introduced for communist party leaders. Establishment intellectuals who have broken away from party patronage have openly criticized government policies. Those intellectuals outside the party structures, because of their participation in the Cultural Revolution or the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, have organized petitions, published independent critiques, formed independent groups, and even called for a new political system. Despite the party's repeated attempts to suppress these efforts, awareness about political rights has been spreading among the general population. Goldman emphasizes that these changes do not guarantee movement toward democracy, but she sees them as significant and genuine advances in the assertion of political rights in China.
Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China
Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China write by Merle Goldman. This book was released on 1994. Sowing the Seeds of Democracy in China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When they found their efforts had produced negligible results, they tried to introduce new institutions such as a free press, a legislature with real power, the rule of law, and truly competitive elections.
China's Intellectuals and the State
China's Intellectuals and the State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook China's Intellectuals and the State write by Merle Goldman. This book was released on 2020-10-26. China's Intellectuals and the State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Today’s intellectuals in China inherit a mixed tradition in terms of their relationship to the state. Some follow the Confucian literati watchdog role of criticizing abuses of political power. Marxist intellectuals judge the state’s practices on the basis of Communist ideals. Others prefer the May Fourth spirit, dedicated to the principles of free scholarly and artistic expression. The Chinese government, for its part, has undulated in its treatment of intellectuals, applying restraints when free expression threatened to get “out of control,” relaxing controls when state policies required the cooperation, good will, and expertise of intellectuals. In this stimulating work, twelve China scholars examine that troubled and changing relationship. They focus primarily on the post-Mao years when bitter memories of the Cultural Revolution and China’s renewed quest for modernization have at times allowed intellectuals increased leeway in expression and more influence in policy-making. Specialists examine the situation with respect to economists, lawyers, scientists and technocrats, writers, and humanist scholars in the climate of Deng Xiaoping’s policies, and speculate about future developments. This book will be a valuable source of information for anyone interested in the changing scene in contemporary China and in its relations with the outside world."
Comrade
Comrade - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Comrade write by Jodi Dean. This book was released on 2019-10-01. Comrade available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When people say “comrade,” they change the world In the twentieth century, millions of people across the globe addressed each other as “comrade.” Now, among the left, it’s more common to hear talk of “allies.” In Comrade, Jodi Dean insists that this shift exemplifies the key problem with the contemporary left: the substitution of political identity for a relationship of political belonging that must be built, sustained, and defended. Dean offers a theory of the comrade. Comrades are equals on the same side of a political struggle. Voluntarily coming together in the struggle for justice, their relationship is characterized by discipline, joy, courage, and enthusiasm. Considering the egalitarianism of the comrade in light of differences of race and gender, Dean draws from an array of historical and literary examples such as Harry Haywood, C.L.R. James, Alexandra Kollontai, and Doris Lessing. She argues that if we are to be a left at all, we have to be comrades.
China's Democratic Future
China's Democratic Future - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook China's Democratic Future write by Bruce Gilley. This book was released on 2004. China's Democratic Future available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An eminent China expert considers how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and democratic transition will take place.
