Foundations and limits of state power in China

SCHRAM Stuart R (ed.)

Foundations and limits of state power in China - London: University of London, 1987 - 367p.

Collection of papers originally presented at a conference sponsored by the European Science Foundation. Examines the distinctions between Western and Chinese concepts of state legitimacy and also what constituted the state in Imperial times, and when and how this traditional system was translated to the modern communist system. Considers to what extent traditional ideas have been retained within the new framework.

0728601397 (hbk.)


CHINA
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
GOVERNMENT
POLITICS