China's changing face

Political Economy, Power, and Conflict, the most hopeful of the three books, takes as its starting point the economic reforms that were begun in the post-Mao age. In an age of capitalism, "How much longer can the party sustain a regime of power defined primarily by political and bureaucratic co...

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Published in:Journalism & mass communication quarterly 2009-12, Vol.86 (4), p.926-928
Main Author: Hiebert, Ray E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bourgeois culture
Bourgeoisie
Bureaucracy
Capitalism
China
Economic change
Enterprises
Market
Political power
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Summary:Political Economy, Power, and Conflict, the most hopeful of the three books, takes as its starting point the economic reforms that were begun in the post-Mao age. In an age of capitalism, "How much longer can the party sustain a regime of power defined primarily by political and bureaucratic control?" China has "embraced and promoted market forces and transformed its economic basis," but, she states, with a "contradictory, incomplete, and indeed non-linear nature of these processes." The economic changes which forced millions to 'dive into the sea' of private enterprise have been re-configured as an opportunity, rather than a calamity, creating the notion of a bourgeois 'Chinese dream' akin to the American dream.
ISSN:1077-6990