Is China Unstable?: Assessing the Factors (Studies on Contemporary China) - Softcover

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David L. Shambaugh

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The chapters in this very timely volume center on the theme of the potential for instability in China. This question is pursued from political, economic, and historical perspectives, and includes separate chapters on elite and local politics, micro and macro economics, urban and rural conditions, attitudes among intellectuals, and minority areas. One of its great strengths is the high caliber of its contributors: Thomas Bernstein, Pieter Bottelier, Bruce Dickson, June Teufel Dreyer, Merle Goldman, Steven F. Jackson, Nicholas Lardy, H. Lyman Miller, David Shambaugh, Dorothy J. Solinger, and

It is the belief of the publisher and the contributors that this volume has great potential as a classroom text, being incisive, focused, readable, and accessible.