{"product_id":"reform-without-liberalization-chinas-national-peoples-congress-and-the-politics-of-institutional-change-paperback-9780521048200","title":"Reform without Liberalization; China's National People's Congress and the Politics of Institutional Change (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521048200","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReform without Liberalization\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChina's National People's Congress and the Politics of Institutional Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis detailed study of the NPC examines how it has changed from its founding under Mao through the regime of Deng Xiaoping.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKevin J. O'Brien (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521048200, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 January 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"O'Brien has written a fine work on a subject that is sure to receive much more attention in the future.\"   The Journal of Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSince its founding in 1954, the National People's Congress of China (NPC) has followed a difficult course of development, a course which has been characterized by periods of limited progress intermingled with periods of stagnation and regression. Political campaigns from the Anti-Rightist Movement (1957–1958) to the Great Leap Forward (1958–1960) to the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) frustrated the establishment of any consistent policy concerning the appropriate role of the legislature within the one-party, Maoist regime. Mao's death in 1976, however, ushered in a new era of political reform which has included the strengthening of the NPC. In this detailed study of the NPC, Kevin O'Brien examines how the NPC has changed from its founding under Mao through the regime of Deng Xiaoping. He describes the various functions it has served, from the management of intra-elite relations; to the incorporation, and co-optation, of criticisms of regime policies into regime debates; to legislation and supervision of government agencies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. Chinese legislatures and political change\u003cbr\u003e 2. Origins of the NPC\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The NPC Under Mao: 3. Development, doubts and decline\u003cbr\u003e 4.  Structural features\u003cbr\u003e 5. The NPC in the political system\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The NPC Under Deng: 6. Plenary sessions and policy discussions\u003cbr\u003e 7. Structural reforms\u003cbr\u003e 8. The NPC and systemic change\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006012444952,"sku":"9780521048200","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521048200i_6f09c37a-b9b9-4011-af29-80c23d922e6c.jpg?v=1694968687","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reform-without-liberalization-chinas-national-peoples-congress-and-the-politics-of-institutional-change-paperback-9780521048200","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}