Autor: A. Doak Barnett

One of America’s leading authorities on China outlines and assesses the implications of the inevitable passing of Mao Tse-tung and the older generation of revolutionary leaders from their position of …

This book attempts to illuminate some of the trends and conditions in China just prior to, and at the time of the Communist takeover. The conditions that existed just prior to 1949 provided the immed …

This book attempts to illuminate some of the trends and conditions in China just prior to, and at the time of the Communist takeover. The conditions that existed just prior to 1949 provided the immed …

Considers the politics of central decision-making by focusing on senior policy makers and implementing bureaucracies on the one hand, and actors in economic and non-economic arenas on the other. The …

Considers the politics of central decision-making by focusing on senior policy makers and implementing bureaucracies on the one hand, and actors in economic and non-economic arenas on the other. The …

Since the death of Mao, China has entered a new period in its development. Turning away from the all-encompassing emphasis on revolutionary struggle and ideological transformation that characterized …

Since the death of Mao, China has entered a new period in its development. Turning away from the all-encompassing emphasis on revolutionary struggle and ideological transformation that characterized …

Until recently, Westerners have not adequately understood the structure of the PRC’s policymaking process in the post-Mao period. Dr. Barnett’s pathbreaking study provides comprehensive information o …

Until recently, Westerners have not adequately understood the structure of the PRC’s policymaking process in the post-Mao period. Dr. Barnett’s pathbreaking study provides comprehensive information o …

The foreign policy of the People’s Republic of China has been dominated in recent decades by the problems of dealing with the other major powers in East Asia. Although many ideological, political, an …