Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-353) and index.
Theoretical framework--back to modernization theory -- The Maoist legacy--origins of the political structural reform -- Restructuring the party/state polity in the 1980s -- The cyclical process of political structural reform -- The post-Tiennanmen retrenchment -- Stability and reform : politics in the 1990s -- Marketization, liberalization and democratization -- Democracy and democratization