The Perfect Dictatorship

The Perfect DictatorshipThe Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing on Chinese and international sources, on extensive collaboration with Chinese scholars, and on the political science of state analysis, the author concludes that under the new leadership of Xi Jinping, the system of government has been transformed into a new regime radically harder and more ideological than

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politics and modern warfare

and gay and lesbian issues

This book surveys both the part women have played in Buddhism historically and what Buddhism might become in its post-patriarchal future

and the political involvement of the urban poor

the contributors report an underdeveloped policy architecture consisting of fragmented regional transnational networks of stakeholders and underfunded binational and trinational organizations

and delving into the idea of the ‘necessary evils’ of social upheaval

this book paints a detailed picture of the study of music in eleventh-and early twelfth-century Germany

and queer and trans of color critique

This book provides a historical guide to an unspoilt and beautiful corner of England