The Paradox of China's Post-Mao Reforms

Edited by Merle Goldman

Edited by Roderick MacFarquhar

    Preface

    I. Introduction

    1. Dynamic Economy, Declining Party-State

    Merle Goldman & Roderick MacFarquhar

    2. China's Transition in Economic Perspective

    Barry Naughton

    II. Limited Political Reforms

    3. Elite Politics

    Joseph Fewsmith

    4. Party-Military Relations

    Paul H. B. Godwin

    5. The National People's Congress

    Murray Scot Tanner

    6. The Struggle over Village Elections

    Lianjiang Li & Kevin J. 0 'Brien

    7. Mass Political Behavior in Beijing

    Tianjian Shi

    III. Fragmenting Society

    8. The Changing Role of Workers

    Martin King Whyte

    9. Farmer Discontent and Regime Responses

    Thomas P. Bernstein

    10. China's Floating Population

    Dorothy J. Solinger

    11. The New Middle Class

    David S. G. Goodman

    12. The Rise of Private Business Interests

    Kitten Paths

    13. The Emergence of Politically Independent Intellectuals

    Merle Goldman

    14. Crime, Corruption, and Contention

    Elizabeth J. Perry

    Conclusion

    15. The "State of the State"

    Richard Baum & Alexei Shevchenko

    Notes

    Contributors

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Merle Goldman is Professor of History, Emerita, at Boston University and Associate of the John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University.

Roderick MacFarquhar is Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, and Professor of Government, Harvard University.