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 21st-century China, and the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People's Republic.

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.

Broad in sweep and rich in empirical detail, this timely volume will appeal to students and scholars of contemporary China, as well as those interested in the dynamics of political and social change.