The Politics of Lawmaking in Post-Mao China: Institutions, Processes, and Democratic Prospects

by Murray Scot Tanner

Overview

As the world's largest country struggles with itself to build "rule by law," how is this process reshaping Communist Party rule? This book examines how China's political and legal structure is quietly but dramatically changing from within, rather than being overthrown from below as in Eastern Europe. Examining the changing relationship between the National People's Congress and the Communist party hierarchy, this book casts light on China's fight to move toward law and democratization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198293392
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/15/1999
Series:	Studies on Contemporary China
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	1740L (what's this?)

About the Author

Western Michigan University

Table of Contents

Part 1. Theoretical Considerations1. Introduction: The New Importance of Lawmaking Politics in China2. Bureaucracies, ‘Organized Anarchies', and Inadvertent Transitions: Towards New Models of Chinese LawmakingPart 2. Lawmaking Institutions3. The Emergence of China's Post-Mao Lawmaking System4. The Erosion of Party Control Over Lawmaking5. The Rise of the National People's Congress System6. The State Council's Lawmaking SystemPart 3. Case Studies in Lawmaking7. The Case of the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law8. The Case of the State-owned Industrial Enterprises LawPart 4. Conclusions9. Stages and Processes in Chinese Lawmaking10. Lawmaking Reforms and China's Democratic Prospects