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In this important and hugely ambitious book, one of the world's leading political scientists working on China demonstrates how Western views of China are flawed because the long tradition of Western scholarship studying China views China from the Western philosophical and intellectual perspective rather than viewing China on its own terms through the lens of China's own long-established and reputable philosophical and intellectual tradition. Providing a deep analysis of Western scholarship on China, including work from Leibniz to Marx to Weber and then to Wittfogel, and a thorough account of the evolution of China's own thinking about governance as expressed in the practices of successive Chinese dynasties, the book goes on to examine how the current Chinese body politic fits with and is the natural outcome of China's own long, well-thought-through and well-practiced intellectual consideration of what the nature of civilized governance should be. By focusing on philosophical and intellectual approaches rather than on theoretical or methodological ones, the book shows how the huge and increasing disconnect between non-Chinese views of China and Chinese ones has come about.

In this important and hugely ambitious book, one of the world's leading political scientists working on China demonstrates how Western views of China are flawed because the long tradition of Western scholarship studying China views China from the Western philosophical and intellectual perspective rather than viewing China on its own terms through the lens of China's own long-established and reputable philosophical and intellectual tradition. Providing a deep analysis of Western scholarship on China, including work from Leibniz to Marx to Weber and then to Wittfogel, and a thorough account of the evolution of China's own thinking about governance as expressed in the practices of successive Chinese dynasties, the book goes on to examine how the current Chinese body politic fits with and is the natural outcome of China's own long, well-thought-through and well-practiced intellectual consideration of what the nature of civilized governance should be. By focusing on philosophical and intellectual approaches rather than on theoretical or methodological ones, the book shows how the huge and increasing disconnect between non-Chinese views of China and Chinese ones has come about.

The Maoist legacy -- Elite politics -- Economic reform -- Globalization -- Civil society -- Social discontent -- Cultural changes -- De facto federalism -- Social policy reform -- Bureaucracy and governance -- Democratization

pt. I. Historicity and social foundation of China's domestic order and international relations -- part II. Reinterpreting China's 'world order' -- part III. Chinese overseas and China's international relations -- part IV. China in contemporary world politics --pt. V. Historical continuity and transformation of China's international relations.

Bringing the Chinese Communist party back in -- The Chinese Communist party as organizational emperor: -- Identity, culture and politics -- From individual to organization: -- The transformation of the emperorship -- Elite politics and power succession: -- Institutions, rules, and norms -- The party domination of the state -- Hegemonization over social forces: -- Domination and legitimacy -- The CCP party school: -- Discourse, action and hegemony -- The organizational emperorship, transformation and China's democratic.

Politics of technological empowerment: science vs. democracy -- Information technology, nation-state building, and social movement -- Regulatory regime and political control -- The Internet, political liberalization, and political democratization -- The Internet, civic engagement, and public distrust -- Interaction strategies, collective action, and political consequences -- Information technology, state-society relations, and political changes