Political Reform in Post-Mao China: Democracy and Bureaucracy in a Leninist State

by Barrett L. McCormick

Book Overview

After the death of Mao, the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party embarked on a series of ambitious political reforms. Barrett L. McCormick develops a theory of Leninist states to explore the prospects for these reforms. He finds that, although the Chinese people have made significant economic and political gains, the basic contours of the state remain unchanged, and as events in June 1989 clearly showed, reform has not diminished the state's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520304861
• ISBN13: 9780520304864
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"