State and Society in 21st Century China Crisis, Contention, and Legitimation

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.Gries, Peter Hays is the author of 'State and Society in 21st Century China Crisis, Contention, and Legitimation' with ISBN 9780415332040 and ISBN 0415332044.