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China: Po li tics
Comparative Development and Policy in Asia Series edited by: Ka Ho Mok, University of Hong Kong, China, Rachel Murphy University of Oxford, UK and Yongjin Zhang Forthcoming
China’s Civil Service Reform Wang Xiaoqi, University of Hong Kong November 2010: 234 x 156 Hb: 978-0-415-57748-9: $140.00 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415577489
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Public Policymaking in Hong Kong Civic Engagement and State-Society Relations in a Semi-Democracy Eliza Lee, Joseph Chan, Elaine Chan, Peter Cheung, Wai Fung Lam and Wai Man Lam, all at University of Hong Kong This book discusses civic engagement and public policymaking in postcolonial Hong Kong. Utilizing case studies of citizens’ advisory committees involving four policy areas - urban planning, social welfare policy, environmental protection, and arts and culture policy - it examines the interaction between the state and civil society, and explores how far the state opens up its policy process for citizens’ participation. Selected Contents: 1. Introduction: Civic Engagement and Public Policymaking in a Semi-Democracy 2. The Urban Planning Policy Domain – The Case of Southeast Kowloon Planning 3. The Social Welfare Policy Domain – The Case of Anti-Poverty 4. Environmental Protection Policy Domain – The Case of Municipal Solid Waste Management 5. The Arts and Culture Policy Domain - The Case of Performing Arts 6. Conclusion: The Consequence of Societal Mobilization in Different Policy Domains 7. Civic Engagement in Asia: Hong Kong and Other Political Regimes Compared October 2010: 234 x 156: 224pp Hb: 978-0-415-57605-5: $130.00 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415576055
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China’s Road to Peaceful Rise Observations on its Cause, Basis, Connotation and Prospect Zheng Bijian, China Reform Forum, China Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy Zheng Bijian has been one of the most influential thinkers and policy formulators in China during its reform period. In the early 1990s he worked with Deng Xiaoping collating and publishing Deng’s speeches and as vice president of the Party School gave top priority to ensuring that members of the Party were thoroughly familiar with Deng’s views, theories and reform agenda. In this important book, he sets out his views and how they evolved over the reform period, including the full text of his important speeches and papers, with appropriate introductory material. Selected Contents: 1. Acquiring a Deeper Understanding of Ourselves in the Process of Deepening Our Understanding of the World (1988 –1991) 2. A Study of the ‘Overall Strategy’ Connecting the Two Major Situations at Home and Abroad Is of Paramount Importance (1991 – 1995) 3. Deng Xiaoping’s New Generalization of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Actually Mapped out in a Scientific Way China’s Unique Strategic Road to Peaceful Development (1995 –1998) 4. A New Period of Strategic Opportunities and a Brand New Strategic Road for the Rise of Late-Emerging Powers Modern History has Ever Known (1998 – 2002) 5. China’s Development is a Peaceful Development. China’s Rise is a Peaceful Rise (2002 – 2005) 6. China Will Emerge in the World as a ‘Peaceful Nation’ and a ‘Civilized Nation’ (2005 – 2006) September 2010: 234 x 156: 336pp Hb: 978-0-415-55271-4: $140.00 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415552714
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Political Developments in Contemporary China A Guide Ian Jeffries, University of Wales, Swansea, UK Series: Guides to Economic and Political Developments in Asia Praise for Ian Jeffries’ China: A Guide to Economic and Political Developments (2006): ‘This book is highly useful not only to casual China watchers [...] but also to researchers and academics [...] an engrossing guide.’ – Marc Lanteigne, International Affairs This book provides a comprehensive and detailed overview of contemporary political developments in China. Key topics include human rights and China’s international relations with its neighbours and with the international community more widely. This is the companion volume to Economic Developments in Contemporary China: A Guide (see page 40 for details).
Routledge Contemporary China Series The aim of this series is to publish original, high-quality work by both new and established scholars in the West and the East, on all aspects of contemporary China. For more titles in this series, see pages 31 & 33.
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Xinjiang and China’s Rise in Central Asia Michael Clarke, Griffith University, Australia November 2010: 234 x 156 Hb: 978-0-415-58456-2: $140.00 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415584562
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China-Africa Development Relations Edited by Christopher M. Dent, University of Leeds, UK China is the most powerful of a number of large developing country or new powers on the ascendance in the international system, all of which are deepening their economic relations with Africa. The primary aim of this book is to investigate what is particularly special about the emerging development partnership between Africa and China, and how it may evolve in the future. Selected Contents: Part 1: China, Africa and International Development 1. Africa and China: A New Kind of Development Partnership? 2. China-Africa and the West: Ideology, Conditionality, Realpolitik: What is New in South–South Co-operation? 3. Towards a Critical Geo-Politics of China’s Engagement with African Development 4. Chinese Soft Power, Insecurity Studies, Myopia and Fantasy Part 2: Country Case Study Perspectives 5. The Springbok and the Dragon: South Africa and China in Africa 6. ‘Bringers of Light’: China’s Development Relations With Sudan 7. Chinese Development Co-operation and Africa: The Case of Tembisa’s Friendship Town Part 3: Resource Sector Perspectives 8. China’s Structural Demand and the Commodity Super Cycle: Implications for Africa 9. China’s Energy Diplomacy in Africa: The Convergence of National and Corporate Interests Part 4: Conclusion: Africa, China and Development Relations 10. China and Africa: Towards a Paradigm of Development Relations? June 2010: 234 x 156: 256pp Hb: 978-0-415-56933-0: $130.00 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415569330
July 2010: 234 x 156: 736pp Hb: 978-0-415-58085-4: $200.00 For more information, visit: www.routledge.com/9780415580854
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