China modernizes:threat to the West or model for the rest?

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peerenboom R. P (Randall P.), 1958-
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xv, 406 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0199208344
9780199208340
Index Number: D6
CLC: D6
Call Number: D6/P375
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [298]-393) and index.
Introduction : two opposing views of China -- Déjà vu all over again : China and the East Asian Model -- Taking rights seriously? : official policy and actual practice -- Social and economic rights, law and order, women's rights, and cultural rights -- Of rights and wrongs : why China is subject to a double standard on rights -- Institutional reform : rule of law and good governance -- Debating democracy -- What if China democratizes? What if it doesn't? -- Conclusion : modernity with modesty, the strengths and limits of the EAM.