National Identity and Democratic Prospects in Socialist China - 9781563244346

Taylor & Francis

This analysis of every facet of a national identity makes it less likely that the next great explosion in the Commmunist world - and its consequences - will come as a surprise. It investigates tendencies in China that might lead it down the same path as Russia and Yugoslavia. > This analysis of every facet of a national identity makes it less likely that the next great explosion in the Commmunist world - and its consequences - will come as a surprise. It investigates tendencies in China that might lead it down the same path as Russia and Yugoslavia. > Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Contending National Projects; Part 2 National Identity Crisis; Chapter 2 New Nationalist Identities in Post-Leninist Transformations; Chapter 3 Ethnic Identity and the Denationalization and Democratization of Leninist States; Chapter 4 A Failed Chinese Modernity; Chapter 5 China\u2019s North-South Split and the Forces of Disintegration; Chapter 6 Reconstructing China\u2019s National Identity; Part 3 .