Peter (University of Colorado, USA) Hays Gries & Stanley (University of Southern California, USA) Rosen 
State and Society in 21st Century China [PDF ebook] 
Crisis, Contention and Legitimation

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.