Authority and Welfare in China: Modern Debates in Historical Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780312217464)

This book describes the relationship between political authoritarianism and people's welfare in modern China. Based on a study of Chinese political discourse from the 1898 reform period to the present, the book demonstrates that support for authoritarian rule in modern China is best understood when compared to ancient political traditions of authority and welfare that were established in China's late Zhou dynasty by the Confucian philosopher Xunzi (298-238 BC).

Author: M. Twohey
ISBN-10: 0312217463
ISBN-13: 9780312217464
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 02/11/1999
Pages: 227
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.83h x 5.71w x 0.85d