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Baogang Guo - China's Quest for Political Legitimacy, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

China's Quest for Political Legitimacy

The New Equity-Enhancing Politics

Av Baogang Guo

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This book examines the new equity-enhancing politics in China in the context of Chinese traditional cognitive patterns of political legitimacy and its implication for Chinese political development in the near future. Based on an analysis of the new governing philosophy, the generation of political elite, and a new set of public policies, the book reaffirms the emergence of a new Chinese polity that infuses one-party rule with limited electoral and deliberative democracies.Unlike many scholars who perceive the contemporary Chinese history as a constant search for democracy, this book takes a very different approach. It asserts that the enduring question in political development in China today is no different from what was sought after throughout Chinese history, namely, the constant search for political legitimacy. Even though the quest for democracy is instrumental to that end, it may not ultimately lead to the embrace of a full-fledged liberal democracy. The new politics is not only a rationalization of the efficiency-based development, but also a major paradigm shift in China's developmental strategy.
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Baogang Guo is associate professor of political science at Dalton State College

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China's Quest for Political Legitimacy fills a much needed niche with its analysis of the post-Deng period. This thoughtful study is timely as China grapples with the social consequences and economic spillovers of rapid growth. In economics, the trade-off between efficiency that allows growth, and the equity distribution of the benefits of that growth, are well known. Professor Guo creatively applies these concepts to analyze the current leadership's overarching strategy of harmonious society andscientific development. By explaining the new politics of equity with examples from health care, environment and labor, Professor Guo lays the groundwork for one approach to understanding the building of a new political legitimacy. Growth is necessaryfor progress in China, but the building of institutions of modern society needs to also occur. Professor Guo takes this one step further-arguing that a new approach is needed for sustained economic progress but also for the continued legitimacy of the governing party and state. The post-Deng leadership has based its future on success in the equity realm but faces many challenges in moving to the next stage of modernization. This thoughtful study is timely as China grapples with the social consequence

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