Written by a team of leading China scholars, this book explores the dynamics of state power and legitimation in twenty-first century China, and the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People''s Republic. Key subjects covered include:

• the legitimacy of the Communist Party
• state-society relations
• ethnic and religious resistance
• rural and urban contention
• nationalism
• popular and youth culture
• prospects for democracy.

Written by a team of leading China scholars, this book explores the dynamics of state power and legitimation in twenty-first century China, and the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People''s Republic. Key subjects covered include:

• the legitimacy of the Communist Party
• state-society relations
• ethnic and religious resistance
• rural and urban contention
• nationalism
• popular and youth culture
• prospects for democracy.