China's Democratic Future: How It Will Happen and Where It Will Lead (Hardcover)

Introduction
Part 1: Crisis
Democracy and China
Democracy's Spread
The Struggle for Democracy ( China's Democratic Potential
Broken Promises
The Republican Failure
Mao's China
Post-Mao Reforms
The Last Days of Dictatorship
The Torment of CCP Rule
The PRC System
A Metaphor for Transition
State and Society
Sustaining Economic Growth
The Social Malaise
A Troubled Diplomacy
Political Dysfunction
Resources for Change
Tocqueville's Paradox
The Privatization of Economic Life
New Ideas
New Societies
Democratic Diplomacy and US Policy
Border Effects and Global Civil Society
Political Decompression
Part II: Transition
Breakdown and Mobilization
Predicting Change
Gradual Democracy?
Metastatic Crisis
Popular Mobilization
Violence
Last Ditchism
Collapse?
The Eve of Transition
Democratic Breakthrough
Extrication or Overthrow?
The Heroes of Retreat
The Pact
Ending the PRC
The Immediate
The Interim Regime
Sudden Politicization
International Reaction
Part III: Consolidation
The Political Challenge
Will Democracy Fail?
Legacies and Choices
New Institutions
Federalism
Secession
The First Election
Rights and Interests
Rights: Threats and Safeguards
Towards Consolidation
Political Life
Local Politics and Hong Kong
Refurbishing Economic and Social Life
The Struggle for Interests
Growth and Development
Social Welfare
Regional Interests
A Free Society
Dealing With History
A Changed International Role
Democratic Peace
Transitional Diplomacy
Relations With the U.S.
Relations with Asia
Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang
Conclusion
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