{"product_id":"chinese-democracy-andrew-j-nathan-9780520059337","title":"Chinese Democracy","description":"What do the Chinese mean when they say that their political systems is \"democratic\"? With recent improvements in relations between China and the West, this question is basic to an understanding of the Chinese people in their state. In Chinese Democracy, Andrew Nathan investigates in depth the nature and meaning of \"democracy\" in China today, beginning with a vivid history of the short-lived Democracy Movement of 1978-1981, when groups of young people in a number of Chinese cities started issuing outspoken publications and putting up posters detailing their complaints and opinions. Nathan constructs--for the first time--a poignant picture of this burst of liberal activity, and at the same time he shows how distinctly Chinese it was and how the roots of its failure lay as much in history as in current political necessity. readers of this book will gain a new perspective on the nature of democracy as the Chinese practice it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew J. Nathan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520059336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520059337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 7.04w x 0.79d","brand":"Andrew J. Nathan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980985336063,"sku":"9780520059337","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_719cd2a4-f05e-4098-9852-6bf500e1d4b9.jpg?v=1683253034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinese-democracy-andrew-j-nathan-9780520059337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}