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China modernizes : threat to the West or model for the rest? / Randall Peerenboom.

Author/creator Peerenboom, R. P. (Randall P.), 1958-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Descriptionxv, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction : two opposing views of China -- Déjà vu all over again : China and the East Asian Model -- Taking rights seriously? : official policy and actual practice -- Social and economic rights, law and order, women's rights, and cultural rights -- Of rights and wrongs : why China is subject to a double standard on rights -- Institutional reform : rule of law and good governance -- Debating democracy -- What if China democratizes? What if it doesn't? -- Conclusion : modernity with modesty, the strengths and limits of the EAM.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [298]-393) and index.
LCCN 2006027155
ISBN0199208344 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780199208340 (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks JC599.C6 P43 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold