State and society in 21st-century China: Crisis, contention, and legitimation

Written by a team of leading China scholars, this book explores the dynamics of state power and legitimation in twenty-first century China, and the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People's Republic. Key subjects covered include: the legitimacy of the Communist Party, state-society relations, ethnic and religious resistance, rural and urban contention, nationalism, popular and youth culture, prospects for democracy.