Party-state, Liberalism and Social Democracy: the debate on China's future

Funding: 2002: $32,100
2003: $32,100
2004: $32,100

Project Member(s): Feng, C.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)

Start year: 2002

Summary: The Chinese communist party-state is in transition. The possibilities range from liberal democracy, through social democracy to new forms of authoritarianism. One key to the future of China lies in the reflections of intellectuals and members of the ruling elite on this transition. This project examines the current debates in China on its destiny, in particular that between liberals and the new left . In addition to highlighting the process and possible future of intellectual and political development in China, the project also contributes to the wider discussion of change in transitional post-communist societies more generally.''

Publications:

Feng, C & Qiu, Y 2005, Hejie de zhihui [The Wisdom of Reconciliation], 1, Mirror Books, New York.

Chongyi, F 2005, 'Locating China' in Wang, J (ed), Locating China: Space, Place, and Popular Culture, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 133-149.
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Feng, C 2005, 'The Death of the Concerned Intellectual?', Portal Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 1-16.

Feng, C 2004, 'Li Shenzhi and Liberal Democrats within the Chinese Communist Party' in Feng Chongyi (ed), Li Shenzhi and the Fate of Liberalism in China, Hong Kong Press for Social Sciences, Hong Kong, pp. 121-146.

Feng, C 2004, 'Li Shenzhi, Liberalism and Grand Transformation in China (introduction)' in Feng Chongyi (ed), Li Shenzhi and the Fate of Liberalism in China, Hong Kong Press for Social Sciences, Hong Kong, pp. 1-7.

Feng, C 2004, 'Social Democracy and the Constitutional Government Movement in China in the 1940s' in Feng Chongyi (ed), Constitutional Government and China, Hong Kong Press for Social Sciences, Hong Kong, pp. 82-103.

Feng, C 2004, 'The Persistent Quest for Liberal Constitutional Government in China (introduction)' in Feng Chongyi (ed), Constitutional Government and China, Hong Kong Press for Social Sciences, Hong Kong, pp. 1-7.

Chongyi, F 2003, 'Chinese Intellectuals Between State and Market' in Goldman, M & Gu, E (eds), Chinese Intellectuals Between State and Market, Routledge, London, UK, pp. 223-260.
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Feng, C 2003, 'From Sinification to Globalisation' in Jun Liang (ed), Cong Zhongguo Hua Dao Quanqiuhua [From Sinification to Globalisation], Zhongguo Shehui Kexue Chubanshe [Chinese Publishing House of Social Sciences], Beijing, China, pp. 1-8.

Chongyi, F 2003, 'The Return of Liberalism and Social Democracy: Breaking Through the Barriers of State Socialism, Nationalism, and Cynicism in Contemporary China', Issues and Studies, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 1-31.

Feng, C 2002, 'Shichanghua, quanqiuhua he zhishi fenzi de jueshe zhuanhuan (Marketisation, Globalisation and the Transformation of the Role of Intellectuals in China)', China Studies, vol. N/A, no. 7, pp. 91-108.

Keywords: China Intellectuals Liberalsim Transitional Societies Social Democracy Communism

FOR Codes: Political Theory and Political Philosophy, Social Change, History: Asian, Understanding other countries, International Relations not elsewhere classified, Asian History, Peace and conflict