From reform to revolution : the demise of communism in China and the Soviet Union /

This is the first comprehensive effort to compare the recent political experiences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the People's Republic of China by tracing their overlapping and diverging paths of regime change.

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Main Author: Pei, Minxin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998
Edition:1st Harvard pbk. ed.
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505 0 |a Contents -- Intorduction -- 1. Regime Transition in Communist States -- 2. Explaining the Tocquville Paradox -- 3. Chinaâ€?s Capitalist Revolution -- 4. The private Sector under Perestroika -- 5. The Self-Liberalization of the Chinaâ€?s Mass Media -- 6. The Liberal Takeover of the Soviet Mass Media under Glasnost -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index 
520 |a This is the first comprehensive effort to compare the recent political experiences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the People's Republic of China by tracing their overlapping and diverging paths of regime change. 
520 |b The demise of communism in the former Soviet Union and the massive political and economic changes in China are the stunning transformations of the 20th century this text argues. Two central questions are emerging: why did different communist systems experience different patterns of transition? and, why did partial reforms in the Soviet Union and China turn into revolutions? 
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