TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jiang,Qing
AU  - Bell,Daniel
AU  - Fan,Ruiping
AU  - Ryden,Edmund
TI  - A Confucian constitutional order: how China's ancient past can shape its political future 
T2  - The Princeton-China series
SN  - 9781400844845
AV  - JQ1510 .J528 2012eb
U1  - 320.951 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Jiang, Qing,
KW  - Confucianism and state
KW  - China
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Process
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Comparative Politics
KW  - fast
KW  - Political and social views
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Title from PDF title page (viewed on Oct. 24, 2012); English translation of materials from a workshop on Confucian constitutionalism in May 2010 at the City University of Hong Kong; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Daniel A. Bell -- Part I.A Confucian constitutional order: the way of the humane authority: the way ahead for China's political future: the theoretical basis for Confucian constitutionalism and a tri-cameral parliament / Jiang Qing; The supervisory system of Confucian constitutionalism / Jiang Qing; A Confucian constitutionalist state: the constitutional role and Contemporary significance of republicanism under a symbolic monarch / Jiang Qing -- Part II. Comments: On the legitimacy of Confucian constitution / Joseph Chan; An old mandate for a new state: on Jiang Qing's political confucianism / Bai Tondong; Transcendent heaven? a critique of Jiang Qing's grounding of the right to rule / Li Chenyang; Is the way of the humane authority a good thing? an assessment of Confucian constitutionalism / Wang Shaoguang -- Part III. Responses to commentators: responses to critics / Jiang Qing
N2  - As China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy. But could China develop a unique form of government based on its own distinct traditions? Jiang Qing--China's most original, provocative, and controversial Confucian political thinker--says yes. In this book, he sets out a vision for a Confucian constitutional order that offers a compelling alternative to both the status quo in China and to a Western-style liberal democracy. A Confucian Constitutional Order is the most detailed and systematic
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