China: Management of a Revolutionary Society [antikvár]

Since coming to power in 1949, Communist China's leaders have had to deal with the continuous problem of translating their revolutionary goals into concrete programs and policies. The everyday details of running the world's largest society require the development of complex institutions to perform a variety of executive, administrative, and political functions. In this volume, a number of prominent scholars examine the ways in which the Chinese Communists have handled the management of their enormous and diverse society. Management involves by definition somé kind of authority, and in China the authority structure has been particularly significant. Lucián W. Pye and Chalmers Johnson focus on the delegation of authority in the Communist regime, treating both historical and contemporary authority crises. The process of policy-making under Mao Tse-tung is the subject of Michel Oksenberg's study, while Frederick Teiwes considers the trials of the provinciai politician under a fluctuating regime. Pcter Schran's historical description of economic policies is followed by Victor H. Li's study of the development of the contemporary legal system and its similarities to, and dififerences from, the Western legal system. Donald J. Munro contributes an analysis of the conflict between egalitarian ideál and educational fact. Although China has freed herself from foreign influence and control, most recently exerted by the Soviet Union, unresolved domestic problems have prevented her from achieving a satisfactory international role. Donald Klein describes the management of foreign affairs during the past twenty years, and Ellis Joffc traces the path that led to the involvement of the People's Liberation Army in the political process since the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. John Lindbeck's Introduction and Gábriel Almond's concluding chapter delineate further areas for study and indicate relationships that emerge from the book as a whole. Until his death in January, 1971, John M. H. Lindbeck was director of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Studics in Chinese Government and Politics II First paperback edition, 1971 Alsó available in cloth, $12.50 University of Washington Press Seat ti e and London