{"product_id":"democracy-is-a-good-thing-essays-on-politics-society-and-culture-in-contemporary-china-paperback","title":"Democracy Is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary China - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYu Keping\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn L. Thornton\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eCheng Li\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"Democracy is a good thing. This is true not only for individuals or certain officials but also for the entire nation and for all the people of China.\"\"-Yu Keping\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo begins \"\"Democracy Is a Good Thing,\"\" an essay of great influence that has commanded attention and provoked discussion throughout the world. It is the touchstone of this important volume of the same name. As one of China's foremost political thinkers and a leading proponent of democratizing the People's Republic, Yu Keping is a major figure not only in his native land, but also in the international community. This book brings together much of his most important work and makes it readily accessible to readers in the West for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\"Democracy Is a Good Thing\"\" created a stir internationally. Perhaps more important, however, is the heated debate it spurred within China on the desirability of democratic reform. That important essay appears here, along with several of Yu Keping's other influential works on politics, culture, and civil society. His topics include China's economic modernization, its institutional environment, and the cultural changes that have accompanied the nation's reforms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Is a Good Thing \u003c\/i\u003epulls back the curtain to reveal ongoing discourse in Chinese political and intellectual circles, discussions that will go a long way toward determining the future of the world's most populous nation.\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eYu Keping\u003c\/b\u003e is deputy director of the Compilation and Translation Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and a professor of politics at Peking University. \u003cb\u003eJohn L. Thornton \u003c\/b\u003eis chairman of the board of trustees at the Brookings Institution and professor and director of Global Leadership at Tsinghua University in Beijing. \u003cb\u003eCheng Li\u003c\/b\u003e, a senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution, is the editor of China's Changing Political Landscape (Brookings, 2008). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 219\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51817257664800,"sku":"9780815722182","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/72614d08796614b10da3539591b8207c.webp?v=1781099008","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/democracy-is-a-good-thing-essays-on-politics-society-and-culture-in-contemporary-china-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}