02670cam a2200421 a 4500 112699 20230410121125.0 080922s2009 dcu b 001 0 eng 15460477 acquire 2 shelf copies policy default lcc bk 2008041977 9780815796947 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815796943 (cloth : alk. paper) (OCoLC)185691288 (OCoLC)ocn185691288 eng chi lcac DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER YDXCP DBI C#P DLC a-cc--- JQ 1516 Y94d 2009 320.951 Yu, Keping. Democracy is a good thing : essays on politics, society, and culture in contemporary China / Yu Keping; foreword by John L. Thornton; introduction by Cheng Li Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009. xxxi, 219 p. ; 24 cm. The Thornton Center Chinese Thinkers Series Translated from Chinese. Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-205) and index. Democracy is a good thing -- The study of political science and public administration in China : an overview -- The seventeenth Party Congress and the agenda for China's political reforms -- China's civil society : conceptual definitions, types, and background -- The characteristics of Chinese civil society : administrative regulations and institutional environment -- Civil society organizations : challenges and responses -- Culture and modernity in the Chinese intellectual discourse : a historical perspective -- The transformation of Chinese culture since the launching of reform : a historical perspective -- China's economic modernization and sustainability -- Harmony between man and nature : China's environmental practices and challenges -- Preserving China's autonomy in the era of globalization -- Federalism in modern China : concepts and experiments -- A harmonious world and global governance : a Chinese perspective. "Presents selections of works of Yu Keping, a Chinese intellectual and figure in official think tanks, on politics and democracy that reveal the ongoing debates in Chinese political and intellectual circles on democratic reform and where China's political development is heading"--Provided by publisher. Democracy China. China Politics and government. Thornton, John L. fwd. Li,Cheng Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0905/2008041977.html rc 58436 58436 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 JQ 1516 Y94d 2009 00000105573 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk