The nature of Chinese politics : from Mao to Jiang / Jonathan Unger, editor.

"An east gate book."

Pt. 1. The nature of politics under Mao and Deng. Modernizing Chinese informal politics / Lowell Dittmer ; Factions and the politics of Guanxi: paradoxes in Chinese administrative and political behaviour / Lucian W. Pye ; The paradoxical post-Mao transition: from obeying the leader to "normal politics" / Frederick C. Teiwes ; Chinese politics at the top: factionalism or informal politics? Balance-of-power politics or a game to win all? / Tang Tsou ; Factionalism in Chinese politics from a new institutionalist perspective / Andrew J. Nathan and Kellee S. Tsai ; Reflections on elite informal politics / Lowell Dittmer -- Pt. 2. The nature of politics under Jiang. China's political system: challenges of the twenty-first century / Michel Oksenberg ; Jiang Zemin's style of rule: go for stability, monopolize power and settle for limited effectiveness / Lucian W. Pye ; The changing form and dynamics of power politics / Lowell Dittmer ; Normal politics with Chinese characteristics / Frederick C. Teiwes ; The evolvi