State and Society in 21st Century China

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.
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.