Detailed Contents, Preface, CHAPTER 1 Introduction, CHAPTER 2 The Chinese Tradition, CHAPTER 3 Reformers,Warlords, and Communists, CHAPTER 4 The Communist Road to Power, CHAPTER 5 PRC Politics under Mao: 1949-1976, CHAPTER 6 PRC Politics in the Post-Mao Era: 1976-2010, CHAPTER 7 The Politics of the Economy, CHAPTER 8 Crime and Punishment: The Legal System of the PRC, CHAPTER 9 The Role of the Military, CHAPTER 10 Education, CHAPTER 11 Quality-of-Life Issues: Health, Demography, and the Environment, CHAPTER 12 Conformity and Dissent: The Arts, the Media, and Social Control, CHAPTER 13 Ethnic Minorities and National Integration, CHAPTER 14 Foreign Policy, CHAPTER 15 Conclusions, Useful Websites, Index
