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Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistance. Edited by Elizabeth J. Perry and Mark Selden. [London and New York: Routledge, 2000. xii+249 pp. £16.99. ISBN 0-415-22334-2.]
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2003
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In all likelihood the event with the largest political and social impact in the East-Asian region would be the democratization of China. However, it is also evident that China's political reform, like its economic transition, is taking on the form of a cautious and gradual restructuring. Out of pragmatic reasons – allowing society to assist the government in areas where it should not govern, is incapable of governing, or cannot govern – the state has unofficially relaxed its grip over certain social spheres such as women's rights, social welfare and rural poverty.
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