End of an Era

In this book Carl Minzner argues that China's reform era is ending. The core factors that characterized the era-political stability ideological openness and rapid economic growth-are unraveling. Economic cleavages have widened; ideological polarization deepened. And China's leaders are now progressively cannibalizing institutional norms and practices that have formed the bedrock of the regime's stability since 1978. <em>End of an Era </em>explains how China arrived at this dangerous crossroads and outlines the potential outcomes that could result