National Identity and Democratic Prospects in Socialist China

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’s North-South Split and the Forces of Disintegration; Chapter 6 Reconstructing China’s National Identity; Part 3 After Socialist Anti-Imperialism; Chapter 7 Anti-Imperialism in Chinese Foreign Policy; Chapter 8 Democracy and Peace Versus Dictatorship and War; Chapter 9 Confucian Leninism and Patriarchal Authoritarianism; Chapter 10 Is China a Model of Reform Success?; Chapter 11 Was Mao Zedong a Revolutionary?; Part 4 Democratic Prospects; Chapter 12 Is Democracy a Universal Ethical Standard?; Chapter 13 Consolidating Democratic Breakthroughs in Leninist States; Chapter 14 Permanent Technological Revolution and China’s Tortuous Path to Democratizing Leninism; Chapter 15 Democracy and “Mao Fever”; Chapter 16 The Oppositional Decoding of China’s Leninist Media; Part 5 Conclusion; Chapter 17 Some Continuities Are Radical Ruptures;