Guides: PSCI 3700: Government and Politics in China: Find PSCI Books

Most of the political science materials will be located on the Mezzanine Level of Sycamore Library with the general call number range of J - JZ. However, some interdisciplinary topics may be located in Willis and older materials may be located off campus. It is recommended that you review the location of materials in the online catalog. If there is material you want that is currently checkout or is unavailable, we can order it through Interlibrary Loan. You may contact a librarian for assistance with locating and requesting materials.

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The Political Science books are located on the Mezzanine Level of the Sycamore Library in the J-JZ call number range.

J General Legislative & Executive Papers

JA Political Science (General)

JC Political Theory

JF Political Institutions & Public Administration

JJ Political Institutions & Public Administration (North America)

JK Political Institutions & Public Administration (United States)

JL Political Institutions & Public Administration (Canada, Latin America, etc)

JN Political Institutions & Public Administration (Europe)

JQ Political Institutions & Public Administration (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc)

JS Local Government/ Municipal Government

JV Colonies & Colonization/ Emigration & Immigration/ International Migration

JZ International Relations

Selections from the Catalog

The China Challenge by Thomas J. Christensen
Call Number: JZ1730 .C56 2016
ISBN: 9780393352993
Publication Date: 2016-06-21
Many see China's rise as a threat to US leadership in Asia and beyond. Thomas J. Christensen argues instead that the real challenge lies in dissuading China from regional aggression while eliciting its global cooperation. Drawing on decades of scholarship and experience as a senior diplomat, Christensen offers a deep perspective on China's military and economic capacity. Assessing China's political outlook and strategic goals, Christensen shows how nationalism and the threat of domestic instability influence the party's decisions about regional and global affairs. Articulating a balanced strategic approach along with perceptive historical analysis, Christensen describes how we might shape China's choices in the coming decades so that it contributes more to the international system from which it benefits so much. Winner of the Silver Medal for the 2016 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.
Human Rights Issues in the Peoples Republic of China by Alexandre Medeiros (Editor)
Call Number: JC599.C6 H856 2013
ISBN: 9781626189478
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
This book examines human rights issues in the People's Republic of China (PRC), including ongoing rights abuses, legal reforms, and the development of civil society. Major events of the past year include the PRC leadership transition, the Wukan protests over land expropriation, the negotiations that allowed legal advocate Chen Guangcheng to leave China, and the Tibetan self-immolations. Ongoing human rights problems include excessive use of force by public security forces, unlawful detention, torture of detainees, arbitrary use of state security laws against political dissidents and ethnic groups, coercive family planning practices, persecution of unsanctioned religious activity, state control of information, and mistreatment of North Korean refugees. Tibetans, Uighur Muslims, and Falun Gong adherents continue to receive especially harsh treatment. China's leadership transition has so far provided few indications of a fundamental policy shift on human rights. Nonetheless, many analysts refer to a legitimacy crisis and possible "turning point after three decades of rapid but uneven economic growth".
China into the Future by W. John Hoffmann; Michael Enright; Michael J. Enright
Call Number: HC427.95 .C44413 2008
ISBN: 9780470822449
Publication Date: 2007-11-28
An excellent overview of the economic, political and business trends remaking China in the 21st century as perceived by several of the recognized top experts in this field.--James Kynge, Author, China Shakes the World, Beijing China into the Future is a unique and valuable collection of insights from some of the most experienced and respected contemporary China analysts. Reading this book is like taking an intensive course in the economic, social and political future of China.--Michael Koenig, President of Bayer Greater China Group, Shanghai An exceptional book. No business executive should engage China until they have read this systematic unlocking of the China puzzle made so accessible by John Hoffmann, Michael Enright and their global network of China experts.--Vince Harris, OBE, Regional Managing Director - Asia International Power plc., London & Singapore China into the Future provides great insights into the complexities of contemporary Chinese social and political realities, and future development trajectories while avoiding the common fallacy of trying to capture China through all-embracing generalizations or simplistic hypotheses.--Tom Behrens-S?rensen, Executive Vice President of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, Chairman of Maersk China Limited, Beijing Yesterday you needed to understand China if you had direct dealings with that part of the world. Today you have to understand China to understand the world. This book offers substantial confidence to those who have to think responsibly about the years ahead. I am sure it will be read with close attention in China.--John Gerson CMG, Head of Government & Political Affairs, BP plc, London
Building Constitutionalism in China by Stéphanie Balme (Editor); Michael W. Dowdle (Editor)
Call Number: KNQ2069 .B85 2009
ISBN: 9780230600324
Publication Date: 2010-05-18
This volume unpacks the relationship between constitutionalism and judicial power in China. It explores how court behaviour intersects with - affects and is affected by - China's evolving notions of constitutionalism.
When China Rules the World by Martin Jacques
Call Number: JZ1734 .J33 2009
ISBN: 9781594201851
Publication Date: 2009-11-12
How China's ascendance as an economic superpower will alter the cultural, political, social, and ethnic balance of global power in the twenty-first century, unseating the West and in the process creating a whole new world According to even the most conservative estimates, China will overtake the United States as the world's largest economy by 2027 and will ascend to the position of world economic leader by 2050. But the full repercussions of China's ascendancy-for itself and the rest of the globe-have been surprisingly little explained or understood. In this far-reaching and original investigation, Martin Jacques offers provocative answers to some of the most pressing questions about China's growing place on the world stage. Martin Jacques reveals, by elaborating on three historical truths, how China will seek to shape the world in its own image. The Chinese have a rich and long history as a civilization-state. Under the tributary system, outlying states paid tribute to the Middle Kingdom. Ninety-four percent of the population still believes they are one race-"Han Chinese." The strong sense of superiority rooted in China's history promises to resurface in twenty-first century China and in the process strengthen and further unify the country. A culturally self-confident Asian giant with a billion-plus population, China will likely resist globalization as we know it. This exceptionalism will have powerful ramifications for the rest of the world and the United States in particular. As China is already emerging as the new center of the East Asian economy, the mantle of economic and, therefore, cultural relevance will in our lifetimes begin to pass from Manhattan and Paris to cities like Beijing and Shanghai. It is the American relationship with and attitude toward China, Jacques argues, that will determine whether the twenty-first century will be relatively peaceful or fraught with tension, instability, and danger. When China Rules the World is the first book to fully conceive of and explain the upheaval that China's ascendance will cause and the realigned global power structure it will create.
Civil Liberties in China by Xiaobing Li
Call Number: JC599.C6 L56 2010
ISBN: 9780313358951
Publication Date: 2010-10-21
This book examines civil liberties in China today, covering the topics of constitutional rights of citizens, rights of the criminally accused, the court and legal systems, and judicial conflicts between government regulation and personal freedoms. * 20 photos * A list of further print and electronic resources * A chronology.
The Mind of Empire by Christopher A. Ford
Call Number: DS740.4 .F649 2010eb
ISBN: 9780813192635
Publication Date: 2010-04-23
With an economy and population that dwarf most industrialized nations, China is emerging as a twenty-first-century global superpower. Even though China is an international leader in modern business and technology, its ancient history exerts a powerful force on its foreign policy. In The Mind of Empire: China's History and Modern Foreign Relations, Christopher A. Ford expertly traces China's self-image and its role in the world order from the age of Confucius to today. Ford argues that despite its exposure to and experience of the modern world, China is still strongly influenced by a hierarchical view of political order and is only comfortable with foreign relationships that reinforce its self-perception of political and moral supremacy. Recounting how this attitude has clashed with the Western notion of separate and coequal state sovereignty, Ford speculates - and offers a warning - about how China's legacy will continue to shape its foreign relations. Ford examines major themes in China's conception of domestic and global political order, sketches key historical precedents, compares Chinese ideas to the tradition of Western international law, and outlines the remarkable continuity of China's Sinocentrism. Artfully weaving historical, philosophical, religious, and cultural analysis into a cohesive study of the Chinese worldview and explaining its relevance, Ford offers a unique perspective of modern China.
Inside China's Grand Strategy by Ye Zicheng; Guoli Liu (Editor); Steven I. Levine (Editor)
Call Number: DS779.26 .Y45513 2011
ISBN: 9780813126456
Publication Date: 2010-12-23
China's enormous size, vast population, abundant natural resources, robust economy, and modern military suggest that it will emerge as a great world power. Inside China's Grand Strategy: The Perspective from the People's Republic offers unique insights from a prominent Chinese scholar about the country's geopolitical ambitions and strategic thinking. Ye Zicheng, professor of political science in the School of International Studies at Peking University, examines China's interactions with current world powers as well as its policies toward neighboring countries. Despite claims that repressive domestic policies and an economic slowdown are evidence that the country's efforts toward modernization will fail, Ye points to China's inclusion in the G-20 as an indicator of success. Ye compares China's global ascension, particularly its emphasis on peace, to the historical experiences of rising European superpowers, providing an insider look at a country poised to become an increasingly prominent international power.
China, Tibet, Hong Kong, Macau: human rights reports by Seth Rollins and Kirk M. Branch, editors
Call Number: JC599.C6 C45 2012
ISBN: 9781622575350
Publication Date: 2012
China Experiments by Ann Florini; Hairong Lai; Yeling Tan
Call Number: JQ1509.5.O73 F66 2012
ISBN: 9780815722007
Publication Date: 2012-01-06
All societies face a key question: how to empower governments to perform essential governmental functions while constraining the arbitrary exercise of power. This balance, always in flux, is particularly fluid in today's China. This insightful book examines the changing relationship between that state and its society, as demonstrated by numerous experiments in governance at subnational levels, and explores the implications for China's future political trajectory. Ann Florini, Hairong Lai, and Yeling Tan set their analysis at the level of townships and counties, investigating the striking diversity of China's exploration into different governance tools and comparing these experiments with developments and debates elsewhere in the world. China Experiments draws on multiple cases of innovation to show how local authorities are breaking down traditional models of governance in responding to the challenges posed by the rapid transformations taking place across China's economy and society. The book thus differs from others on China that focus on dynamics taking place at the elite level in Beijing, and is unique in its broad but detailed, empirically grounded analysis. The introduction examines China's changing governance architecture and raises key overarching questions. It addresses the motivations behind the wide variety of experiments underway by which authorities are trying to adapt local governance structures to meet new demands. Chapters 2-5 then explore each type of innovation in detail, from administrative streamlining and elections to partnerships in civil society and transparency measures. Each chapter explains the importance of the experiment in terms of implications for governance and draws upon specific case studies. The final chapter considers what these growing numbers of experiments add up to, whether China is headed towards a stronger more resilient authoritarianism or evolving towards its own version of democracy, and suggests a series of criteria by which China's political trajectory can be assessed. Contents 1. China at a Crossroads 2. Streamlining the State 3. The Evolution of Voting Mechanisms 4. Civil Society 5. From Local Experiments to National Rules: China Lets the Sunshine In 6. Where is China Going?
Human Rights Issues in the Peoples Republic of China by Alexandre Medeiros (Editor)
Call Number: JC599.C6 H856 2013
ISBN: 9781626189478
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
This book examines human rights issues in the People's Republic of China (PRC), including ongoing rights abuses, legal reforms, and the development of civil society. Major events of the past year include the PRC leadership transition, the Wukan protests over land expropriation, the negotiations that allowed legal advocate Chen Guangcheng to leave China, and the Tibetan self-immolations. Ongoing human rights problems include excessive use of force by public security forces, unlawful detention, torture of detainees, arbitrary use of state security laws against political dissidents and ethnic groups, coercive family planning practices, persecution of unsanctioned religious activity, state control of information, and mistreatment of North Korean refugees. Tibetans, Uighur Muslims, and Falun Gong adherents continue to receive especially harsh treatment. China's leadership transition has so far provided few indications of a fundamental policy shift on human rights. Nonetheless, many analysts refer to a legitimacy crisis and possible "turning point after three decades of rapid but uneven economic growth".

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