China Since 1978 (2nd Edition)

Students and general readers of contemporary China will find this revised edition of China Since 1978 an excellent source of Information and insight covering a panorama of the politics, policies, personalities and events of this fascinating and highly significant period in China¿s Development.

The author¿s of this book-a historian, political economist and political scientist-explore the ensuing two decades with considerable scholarship but in a style which makes for easy reading. As well as studying the political evolution of the period and rural and industrial economic reform, the book covers topics such as law, foreign relations, education, health and social welfare and problems of the environment, the last rarely covered in a general book on China. Considerable attention has been given to updating, revising and expanding each chapter in this new edition, particularly in the areas of political structure and ideology and economics.