Quest for Legitimacy in Chinese Politics
Taylor & Francis
The Quest for Legitimacy in Chinese PoliticsA New Interpretation\nAuthor(s): Lanxin Xiang\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367339715, 978-0367339715\nSynopsis\nXiang explains the nature and depth of the legitimacy crisis facing the government of China, and why it is so frequently misunderstood in the West. \n\nArguing that it is more helpful to understand the quest for legitimacy in China as an eternally dynamic process, rather than to seek resolutions in constitutionalism, Xiang examines the understanding of legitimacy in Chinese political philosophy. He posits that the current crisis is a consequence of the incompatibility of Confucian Republicanism and Soviet-inspired Bolshevism. The discourse on Chinese political reform tends to polarize, between total westernization on the one hand, or the rejection of western influence in all forms on the other. Xiang points to a third solution - meeting western democratic .
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