Reform, Legitimacy, and Dilemmas: China's Politics and Society

Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian (Editors)

How has China's post-Deng leadership governed the country? How have the changing social and political environments shifted the bases of political legitimacy? What strategies has Jiang Zemin adopted to cope with new circumstances in order to strengthen his leadership? What are the challenges these new reform measures have generated for the leadership? And how have domestic concerns constrained the leadership's intentions in China's foreign relations? These are some questions this volume attempts to address.

«a welcome addition to the study of contemporary Chinese politics»
-Journal of Asian Studies