This reader offers the most comprehensive assessment of Chinese domestic politics available by bringing together the best recent scholarship in the field. The anthology focuses on the origin, content, and significance of the post-1989 phase of China's reform and opening to the world, commonly known in the PRC as "deep reform." These carefully selected essays by leading scholars have all been revised and updated for this text. In addition, a substantive introduction and conclusion place the articles in their broader context for readers new to the subject. With the successful transition of the leadership of the party, state, and military since 2002, the time is ripe for a comprehensive evaluation of China's deep reform as it enters a new stage. This timely reader will offer students, scholars, and policymakers invaluable insights into the dynamics of change in one of the world's emerging political and economic dynamos.

Introduction: The Dynamics of Deep ReformChapter 1: Analysis in Limbo? Contemporary Chinese Politics amid the Maturation of ReformPart I: Leadership Change and Elite PoliticsChapter 2: Leadership Coalitions and Economic Transformation in Reform China: Revisiting the Political Business CycleChapter 3: The Sixteenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party: Emerging Patterns of Power SharingChapter 4: Cooptation and Corporatism in China: The Logic of Party AdaptationPart II: Political and Legal ReformsChapter 5: Political Legitimacy in China's Transition: Toward a Market EconomyChapter 6: China's Constitutionalist OptionChapter 7: Globalization, Path Dependency, and the Limits of Law: Administrative Law Reform and Rule of Law in the People's Republic of ChinaPart III: Political Economy in TransitionChapter 8: The Process of China's Market Transition, 1978-1998: The Evolutionary, Historical, and Comparative PerspectivesChapter 9: Openness and Inequality: The Case of ChinaPart IV: The Changing Public SphereChapter 10: Negotiating the State: The Development of Social Organizations in ChinaChapter 11: The Internet and Civil Society in China: Coevolutionary Dynamics and Digital FormationsChapter 12: Historical Echoes and Chinese Politics: Can China Leave the Twentieth Century Behind?Part V: Villagers, Elections, and Worker's PoliticsChapter 13: Village Committee Elections in China: Institutionalist Tactics for DemocracyChapter 14: Villagers, Elections, and Citizenship in Contemporary ChinaChapter 15: Hegemony and Workers' Politics in ChinaPart VI: Emerging Problems: The Shadow Side of ReformChapter 16: A Broken Compact: Women's Health in the Reform EraChapter 17: New Trends in China's Corruption: Change amid ContinuityChapter 18: Market Visions: The Interplay of Ideas and Institutions in Chinese Financial RestructuringConclusion: China's Reform Deepening