In search of Chinese democracy civil opposition in Nationalist China, 1929-1949

Why modern China has been unable to institutionalize democracy is a long-standing topic of debate and the ultimate subject of this book. The greatest momentum for democracy, Edmund Fung contends, emerged between 1929 and 1949 with civil opposition to the one-party rule of the Guomindang. This analys...

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1. Verfasser: Fung, Edmund S. K. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2000
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge modern China series
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  • 1 Dictatorial Regime Nature of the Nanjing Regime Sun Yat-sen's Conception of Political Tutelage Sun Yat-sen's Democratic Thought Legacy of Sun Yat-sen's Thought Dictatorship of Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek and Constitution Making 2 Setting the Opposition Agenda: The Issue of Human Rights, 1929-1931 Hu Shi's Opening Salvo Luo Longji's Conception of Human Rights Central Concerns of the Human Rights Group Democracy and "Expertocracy" 3 National Emergency, 1932-1936: Political and Intellectual Responses National Emergency Conference Critique of Wang Jingwei's Views on Political Tutelage Sun Fo's Reformist Views Advocacy of Neo-dictatorship 4 In Defense of Democracy, 1933-1936