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China Policy Series

Series Editor: Zheng Yongnian

With the rise of China and its impact on the world, interest in China has increased drastically in recent years. This series focuses on policy-oriented research and scholarly works with policy implications, on all aspects of contemporary Chinese economy, politics, society, environment, journalism and cultures. It also covers China’s foreign relations with major international organizations such as the United Nations, World Trade Organization, and World Bank, and major powers such as the United States, European Union (and its member states), Japan and others.

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21-30 of 33 results in China Policy Series

  1. Political Culture and Participation in Rural China

    By Yang Zhong

    Series: China Policy Series

    Despite China’s rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, most Chinese still live in the vast countryside or have rural household registration. Although there was significant economic improvement in rural areas in the 1980s, the rural economy has been stagnating or deteriorating since then, and the...

    Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge

  2. China Engages Global Governance

    A New World Order in the Making?

    By Gerald Chan, Pak K. Lee, Lai-Ha Chan

    Series: China Policy Series

    This book focuses on China’s increasing involvement in global governance as a result of the phenomenal rise of its economy and global power. It examines whether and in what ways China is capable of participating in multilateral interactions; if it is willing and able to provide global public goods...

    Published October 19th 2011 by Routledge

  3. China's Crisis Management

    Edited by Jae Ho Chung

    Series: China Policy Series

    The continuation of China’s successful rise depends considerably on the capacity of the Chinese government to prevent and manage a wide range of potential and actual crises, which could, if mishandled, have serious adverse consequences for China. These potential crises are both domestic - where the...

    Published October 16th 2011 by Routledge

  4. The Domestic Sources of China's Foreign Policy

    Regimes, Leadership, Priorities and Process

    By Lai Hongyi

    Series: China Policy Series

    As China’s political and economic influence in the world is rapidly increasing, it is essential to understand how China’s domestic politics affects its foreign political and economic policy. This book offers an accessible, informative and up-to-date systemic analysis of the foreign policy of China....

    Published August 17th 2011 by Routledge

  5. Environmental Activism in China

    By Lei Xie

    Series: China Policy Series

    Major environmental degradation is a serious problem for China as the country's economy continues to grow at a phenomenal pace. In recent years environmental organisations have begun to emerge in China, and in some cases have had remarkable success in affecting policies which would have had...

    Published May 16th 2011 by Routledge

  6. China's Local Administration

    Traditions and Changes in the Sub-National Hierarchy

    Edited by Jae Ho Chung, Tao-chiu Lam

    Series: China Policy Series

    The remarkable changes in China over the past three decades are mostly considered at the national level, whereas local government – which has played and continues to play a key role in these developments – is often overlooked. The themes of China’s local administrative hierarchy, and its historical...

    Published April 19th 2011 by Routledge

  7. Higher Education Reform in China

    Beyond the Expansion

    Edited by W. John Morgan, Bin Wu

    Series: China Policy Series

    A major transformation of Chinese higher education (HE) has taken place over the past decade – China has reshaped its higher education sector from elite to mass education with the number of graduates having quadrupled to three million a year over six years. China is exceptional among lower income...

    Published March 28th 2011 by Routledge

  8. The Institutional Dynamics of China's Great Transformation

    Edited by Xiaoming Huang

    Series: China Policy Series

    This book examines the role of institutions in China’s recent large-scale economic, social and political transformation. The book argues that, although the importance of institutions in China’s rapid economic growth and social development over the past 30 years is widely acknowledged, exactly how...

    Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge

  9. Legitimating the Chinese Communist Party Since Tiananmen

    A Critical Analysis of the Stability Discourse

    By Peter Sandby-Thomas

    Series: China Policy Series

    The dominant view concerning the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is that it is simply a matter of time before it comes to an end. This view has been dominant since the pro-democracy protests in 1989 and has only been strengthened by the increasing number of protests in recent years....

    Published August 3rd 2010 by Routledge

  10. The Chinese Communist Party as Organizational Emperor

    Culture, reproduction, and transformation

    By Zheng Yongnian

    Series: China Policy Series

    The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the largest and one of the most powerful, political organizations in the world today, which has played a crucial role in initiating most of the major reforms of the past three decades in China. China’s rapid rise has enabled the CCP to extend its influence...

    Published November 29th 2009 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. China's Social Development and Policy: Into the next stage?
    Edited by Litao Zhao
    To Be Published June 11th 2013
  2. E-Government in China: Technology, Power and Local Government Reform
    By Jesper Schlæger
    To Be Published July 9th 2013
  3. Social Protest in Contemporary China, 2003-2010: Transitional Pains and Regime Legitimacy
    By Yanqi Tong, Shaohua Lei
    To Be Published September 11th 2013
  4. Social Mobility and Class Structure in Contemporary China
    By Jing Yang
    To Be Published March 30th 2014
  5. Government Reform and Governance in China's Local State
    By Qingshan Tan
    To Be Published March 30th 2014
  6. China’s Evolving Industrial Policies and Economic Restructuring
    Edited by Zheng Yongnian, Sarah Tong
    To Be Published March 30th 2014
  7. Religious Revival in Ethnic Areas of China
    Edited by Liang Yongjia
    To Be Published March 30th 2014
  8. Participation, Empowerment and Democratic Transformation in China: A Silent (R)evolution
    By Andreas Fulda, Song Qinghua
    To Be Published April 29th 2014

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