Constructing China: Clashing Views of the People's Republic

by Mobo C.F. Gao

Book Overview

From fear and anxiety, to celebration, China's rise has provoked a variety of responses across the world. In light of this phenomenon, how are our understandings of China produced? From West to East, Mobo Gao interrogates knowledge production; rejecting the supposed objectivity of empirical statistics and challenging the assumption of a dichotomy between the Western liberal democracy and Chinese authoritarianism. By examining issues such as the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745399827
• ISBN13: 9780745399829
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"