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Reforming the Revolution

China in Transition

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Robert Benewick

    1. School of English and American Studies, University of Sussex, UK

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  2. Paul Wingrove

    1. Division of Politics, School of Humanities, Thames Polytechnic, UK

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Part of the book series: China in Focus (CHINA)

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A guide to China since the death of Mao Zedong, explaining and assessing the political conficts and developments of the post-Mao era and the dramatic economic transformations launched by the new leadership. International relations, education, health and literary revival are also considered.

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: China in the 1980s

    • Robert Benewick, Paul Wingrove
    Pages 1-8

  3. The Politics of Transition

    • John Gardner
    Pages 9-26

  4. Reforming the Political Structure

    • Tony Saich
    Pages 27-47

  5. Political Participation

    • Robert Benewick
    Pages 48-62

  6. Political Reform, Student Demonstrations and the Conservative Backlash

    • Robin Munro
    Pages 63-80

  7. The New Economic Paradigm: Towards Market Socialism

    • Gordon White
    Pages 81-90

  8. The Reorganisation of the Countryside

    • Marc Blecher
    Pages 91-107

  9. The Urban Economy

    • Martin Lockett
    Pages 108-126

  10. Technology and Economic Development

    • Richard Conroy
    Pages 127-137

  11. Opening up to the Outside World

    • Terry Cannon
    Pages 138-148

  12. Health and Medicine in the 1980s

    • Sheila Hillier
    Pages 149-160

  13. The Household, Family and Reform

    • Elisabeth Croll
    Pages 161-178

  14. Educational Reforms: Quality, Access and Equity

    • Keith Lewin
    Pages 179-189

  15. Literature in the Post-Mao Years

    • Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg
    Pages 190-206

  16. China and the Superpowers

    • Gerald Segal
    Pages 207-224

  17. China and the Regional Powers

    • Paul Wingrove
    Pages 225-240

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 241-255
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Editors and Affiliations

  • School of English and American Studies, University of Sussex, UK

    Robert Benewick

  • Division of Politics, School of Humanities, Thames Polytechnic, UK

    Paul Wingrove

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reforming the Revolution

  • Book Subtitle: China in Transition

  • Editors: Robert Benewick, Paul Wingrove

  • Series Title: China in Focus

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19555-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-42663-0Published: 10 November 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19555-8Published: 10 November 1988

  • Series ISSN: 2946-9112

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-9120

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 256

  • Topics: Asian History, Modern History, Development Economics

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