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Hu, Shaohua.

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Constraint and choice: China's long march to democracy.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Constraint and choice: China's long march to democracy./
Author:	Hu, Shaohua.
Description:	302 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-09, Section: A, page: 3704.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International58-09A.
Subject:	Political science. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9810889
ISBN:	9780591615166

Constraint and choice: China's long march to democracy.
Hu, Shaohua.

Constraint and choice: China's long march to democracy. - 302 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-09, Section: A, page: 3704.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--American University, 1997.

China established Asia's first republic in 1911, but still fell short of democracy at the end of the twentieth century. This study attempts to explain why China lacks democracy. The central theme is that the Chinese have wanted and needed a strong state to pursue power and wealth since the 1840 Opium War. At first, democracy was thought to facilitate a strong state, but what happened after the 1911 Revolution made the Chinese realize that democracy did not necessarily strengthen, but might weaken the state. To treat democracy not as an end, but as a means characterizes the Chinese attitude toward democracy, and this utilitarian mentality determines that democratization has always been put on the back burner.

ISBN: 9780591615166Subjects--Topical Terms:

528916
Political science.

Constraint and choice: China's long march to democracy.
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520 $a China established Asia's first republic in 1911, but still fell short of democracy at the end of the twentieth century. This study attempts to explain why China lacks democracy. The central theme is that the Chinese have wanted and needed a strong state to pursue power and wealth since the 1840 Opium War. At first, democracy was thought to facilitate a strong state, but what happened after the 1911 Revolution made the Chinese realize that democracy did not necessarily strengthen, but might weaken the state. To treat democracy not as an end, but as a means characterizes the Chinese attitude toward democracy, and this utilitarian mentality determines that democratization has always been put on the back burner.
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