Dilemmas of Reform in Jiang Zemin's China

by Andrew J. Nathan (Editor)

As China enters a new stage of economic reform, the pressure of political liberalization grows. Contributors who have lived and worked within the Chinese system explore the dilemmas of this new phase of complex change, and analyze how the evolution of China's economic reforms is likely to affect its political system. Most counsel continued transformation of the economy in its present direction. Essays are organized in sections on the Party Congress and China's dilemmas, the political economy of reform, and economic strategies for the future. Material originated at a November 1997 conference, "The Fifteenth Communist Party Congress and China's Development," held in New York City. Nathan is a professor of political science at Columbia University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

235 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

Andrew J. Nathan is Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. His teaching and research interests include Chinese politics and foreign policy, the comparative study of political participation and political culture, and human rights. He is engaged in long-term research and writing on Chinese foreign policy and on sources of political legitimacy in Asia, the latter research based on data from the Asian Barometer Survey, a multi-national collaborative survey research project active in eighteen countries in Asia.

Born on April 3, 1943, in New York City, Professor Nathan received his degrees from Harvard University: the B.A. in History, summa cum laude, in 1963; the M.A. in East Asian Regional Studies in 1965; and the Ph.D. in Political Science in 1971. He taught at the University of Michigan in 1970-71 and has been at Columbia University since 1971.