In search of Chinese democracy : civil opposition in Nationist China, 1929-1949 /
Fung, Edmund S. K.
In search of Chinese democracy : civil opposition in Nationist China, 1929-1949 / Civil opposition in Nationist China, 1929-1949 Edmund S.K. Fung. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xviii, 407 p. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge modern China series . - Cambridge modern China series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Fung examines the internal and external factors that shaped liberal thought in the 1930s and 1940s. He argues that the reasons the growth of democracy was retarded and then ended during this period were ultimately more political than cultural. He questions the assumptions that Chinese liberal intellectuals were averse to political engagement, that they had little real appreciation for the central principle of the liberal creed and little understanding of Western democratic thought, and that China lacked the intellectual foundations for democracy. He concludes that the Nationalist era contained the real germs of a reformist, liberal order that had been prevented from growing by party politics, a lack of regime leadership, and bad strategic decisions. The legacy of China's liberal thinkers during this understudied era, however, can be seen in the prodemocracy movement of the post-Mao Zedong period."--Jacket.
0521771242 9780521771245
99036625
Democracy--China.
Human rights--China.
Kwo min tang.
Democratisering.
Intellectuelen.
Politieke activiteit.
Démocratie--Chine--1900-1945.
Droits de l'homme--Chine--1900-1945.
Opposition (science politique)--Chine--1900-1945.
China--Politics and government--1912-1949.
Chine--1912-1949 (République).
Chine--Politique et gouvernement--1912-1949.
JQ1516 / .F86 2000
320.951/09/043
In search of Chinese democracy : civil opposition in Nationist China, 1929-1949 / Civil opposition in Nationist China, 1929-1949 Edmund S.K. Fung. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. - xviii, 407 p. ; 23 cm. - Cambridge modern China series . - Cambridge modern China series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Fung examines the internal and external factors that shaped liberal thought in the 1930s and 1940s. He argues that the reasons the growth of democracy was retarded and then ended during this period were ultimately more political than cultural. He questions the assumptions that Chinese liberal intellectuals were averse to political engagement, that they had little real appreciation for the central principle of the liberal creed and little understanding of Western democratic thought, and that China lacked the intellectual foundations for democracy. He concludes that the Nationalist era contained the real germs of a reformist, liberal order that had been prevented from growing by party politics, a lack of regime leadership, and bad strategic decisions. The legacy of China's liberal thinkers during this understudied era, however, can be seen in the prodemocracy movement of the post-Mao Zedong period."--Jacket.
0521771242 9780521771245
99036625
Democracy--China.
Human rights--China.
Kwo min tang.
Democratisering.
Intellectuelen.
Politieke activiteit.
Démocratie--Chine--1900-1945.
Droits de l'homme--Chine--1900-1945.
Opposition (science politique)--Chine--1900-1945.
China--Politics and government--1912-1949.
Chine--1912-1949 (République).
Chine--Politique et gouvernement--1912-1949.
JQ1516 / .F86 2000
320.951/09/043