Politics in China: An Introduction, Second Edition

I assigned this book for a class I taught on East Asian Politics after carefully reviewing all of the books available on Chinese politics, but to call this book a "textbook" does it a disservice. Edited volumes can been extremely uneven, but each chapter in this book is consistently excellent. Given that China has such a complex, opaque and multifaceted polity, having each chapter written by a specialist on the given topic is a wise choice.The book is also truly comprehensive and extremely well organized. The first half actually makes a fine book all by itself: Part 1 explores the salient aspects of China's (political) history, while Part 2 provides the nuts and bolts of what makes the Chinese state tick. However, it is the second half of the book that really sets in apart from other books: Part 3 covers a range of fascinating issue areas, while Part 4 focuses on China's periphery (Tibet, Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan). Harvard's "The China Questions" was published more recently, but it really only supplements this fine work. I look forward to the Third Edition!

The writing is very clear and well written. The Kindle version is the one I purchase and it is adapted over perfectly.

An interesting and informative study into the politics and history of China.

A good book especially if you know almost nothing about China. Well-written.

Very interesting books with a somewhat detailed history of china.

Very useful.

Libro universitario ma anche per coloro che si vogliono interessare alla dimensione della politica cinese, elemento in costante cambiamento ma che continua a dimostrare elementi di resilienza e adattamenti del passato. Il libro è ben approfondito e permette di comprendere una moltitudine di fenomeni del mondo Cina.