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The Political Institutions of Modern China

This book is prepared primarily for students who are interested in studying the constitutional development and government structure of twentieth-century China. Since the emergence of the Chinese consti­ tutional movement at the end of the nineteenth century, political institutions in China have unde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tung, W.L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1968, 1968
Edition:1st ed. 1968
Subjects:
Political Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 2. The Common Program of 1949 in the Nature of a Provisional Constitution
  • 3. The Central Government System, 1949–1954
  • 4. The Local Government System, 1949–1954
  • 5. The Adoption of the Constitution by the National People’s Congress
  • 6. General Principles of the Constitution of 1954
  • XII. The Government of “Democratic Centralism”: Political Institutions under the Constitution of 1954
  • 1. The Present System of Government
  • 2. The National People’s Congress
  • 3. The Head of the State
  • 4. The State Council
  • 5. The People’s Courts and Procuratorates
  • 6. Local People’sCongresses and Councils
  • 7. Self-Government Organs of National Autonomous Areas
  • 8. The Communist Government in Action
  • Appendices
  • 6. The Local Government System
  • V. The Nationalist Party in Power: Unification of China Under Kuomintang Programs
  • 1. The Reorganization of the Nationalist Party in 1924
  • 2. Basic Principles and Programs of the Nationalist Party
  • 3. The Northern Expedition and the Unification of China
  • 4. The Beginning of Political Tutelage
  • VI. The Five-Power Constitution at Work: Political Institutions During the Period of Political Tutelage
  • 1. The National Government Before 1928
  • 2. The National Government Since 1928
  • 3. The National People’s Convention and the Promulgation of the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China for the Period of Political Tutelage
  • 4. Nationalist Efforts to Carry out Party Principles and Programs
  • 5. The Preparation for Constitutional Rule in China
  • 6. The Local Government System During the Period of Political Tutelage
  • VII. Communism Versus Nationalism: The Chinese Communist Party and Soviet Regimes (1921–1945)
  • 1. The Formation of Communist Organizations in China
  • 2. The First United Front of the Nationalists and Communists
  • 3. Armed Uprisings and the Change of Leadership
  • 4. The Establishment of Soviet Regimes in China
  • 5. The Second United Front and Expansion of the Communist Regimes
  • VIII. China at War: Political Institutions During the Period of the Sino-Japanese War
  • 1. The Hostilities Between China and Japan
  • 2. The Formal Establishment of Chiang Kai-shek’s Leadership
  • 3. Wartime Party Alignments
  • 4. The Supreme National Defense Council — The Highest Organ of Wartime China
  • 5. The Triple-linked Administrative System
  • 6. The Wartime National Government
  • 7. The People’s PoliticalCouncil
  • 8. The Wartime Local Government
  • 9. The Local Representative Bodies
  • IX. From the Mainland to Taiwan (Formosa): Political Institutions during the Postwar Period
  • 1. Peace Negotiations Through the Political Consultative Conference
  • I. From Autocracy to Democracy: Political Institutions at the End of the Ch’ing Dynasty
  • 1. Transformation from Absolute to Constitutional Monarchy
  • 2. Causes of the Constitutional Movement
  • 3. Preparation for Constitutionalism
  • 4. The Principles of Constitution, September 22, 1908
  • 5. The National Legislative Council (Tse-cheng Yuan)
  • 6. The Provincial Assembly (Tse-I Chu)
  • 7. The Beginning of Local Self-Government
  • 8. The Revolution and the Nineteen Articles of November 3, 1911
  • II. Democracy in Experiment: Political Institutions During the Early Republican Period
  • 1. Preparations for a Provisional Government
  • 2. Analysis of the Organic Law of the Provisional Government
  • 3. Inauguration of the Provisional Government at Nanking
  • 4. The Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China, March 11, 1912
  • 5. The Change of the Provisional Presidency and the Seat of Government
  • 6. The Establishment of Parliament
  • 7. The Drafting of the Constitution and the Election of President
  • 8. The Judicial System of the New Republic
  • 9. The Local Government System
  • III. Monarchism vs. Republicanism: Political institutions Under the Dictatorship of Yüan Shih-K’ai
  • 1. Yüan Shih-k’ai vs. Constitutional Democracy
  • 2. Yüan Shih-k’ai and the Constitutional Compact of 1914
  • 3. The Reorganized National Government Under Yüan Shih-k’ai
  • 4. The Local Government System Under Yüan Shih-k’ai
  • 5. The Rise and Fall of Yüan’s Monarchial Movement
  • IV. Split Between the North and the South: Political Institutions During the Period of Internal Dissensions
  • 1. Developments under the Regime in Peking
  • 2. The New Parliament and the New Constitutional Draft
  • 3. Parliament’s Second Restoration and its Adoption of the 1923 Constitution
  • 4. TheConstitution-Protecting Government in the Southwest
  • 5. The Peking Government Under Provisional Chief Executive Tuan
  • 2. The Convocation of the National Assembly and the Constitution of 1946
  • 3. The Central and Local Governments Under the Constitution of 1946
  • 4. The First Session of the First National Assembly
  • 5. The Nationalist Debacle and Retreat to Taiwan
  • 6. The National Government in Taiwan
  • 7. The Local Government System in Taiwan
  • 8. Taiwan Today
  • X. The Communist Party in Power: Mao’s Political Thought and the Party Organization
  • 1. On the Road to Victory
  • 2. The Political Thought and Strategy of Mao Tse-tung
  • 3. The Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party and its Guiding Principles
  • 4. The Organization and Functions of the Communist Party
  • 5. The Communist Youth League
  • 6. The Communist Relationship with Minor Political Parties and Mass Organizations
  • XI. Fundamental Laws of the People’s Republic: From the Common Program to the Constitution of 1954
  • 1. The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)

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