Civil Society in China

Studies on Contemporary China (M.E. Sharpe)

by Timothy Brook, B. Michael Frolic

The concept of civil society was borrowed from 18th-century Europe to provide a framework for understanding the transition to post-authoritarian regimes in Latin America and post-communist regimes elsewhere. This book asks whether this concept is useful for analyzing China.

Genres: China

288 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1997

About the author

Timothy James Brook is a Canadian historian, sinologist, and writer specializing in the study of China (sinology). He holds the Republic of China Chair, Department of History, University of British Columbia.

His research interests include the social and cultural history of the Ming Dynasty in China; law and punishment in Imperial China; collaboration during Japan's wartime occupation of China, 1937–45 and war crimes trials in Asia; global history; and historiography.

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1995 conference, 1997 edited book, 2014 Chinese translation!

with five historians, three political scientists, and one religious studies scholar.