Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-286) and index.
Introduction : perspectives on the 1990's / Robert Benewick and Paul Wingrove -- The Tiananmen crackdown and its legacy / Robert Benewick -- The decline of ideocracy / Gordon White -- China's political structure / Tony Saich -- Leadership politics since 1989 / Simon Long -- Centre and province in China / Shaun Breslin -- Civil society / Jude Howell -- Justice and the legal system in China / Donald C. Clarke -- Young offenders and juvenile justice / Nicola Macbean -- Collectivism, contractualism and crisis in the Chinese countryside / Marc Belcher -- Village politics / John Dearlove -- New economic elites / David S.G. Goodman -- Industry and the urban economy / Xiao-zhuang Zhou -- The People's Liberation Army and the market economy / Godfrey Kwok-yung Yeung -- Trade and development : the political economy of China's open policy / John Thoburn and Jude Howell -- Gender in China / Shirin M. Rai -- Population and family policies / Penny Kane -- Family strategies : securing the future / Elisabeth J. Croll -- Social welfare reforms / Joe C.B. Leung -- Chinese literature and film in the 1990's / Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg -- China's foreign policy in the post-1989 era / Rosemary Foot -- China and the Pacific Rim / Paul Wingrove -- Afterword : China - reform and beyond / Robert Benewick and Paul Wingrove