Power by Design : : Constitution-Making in Nationalist China /

Power by Design : : Constitution-Making in Nationalist China / / Suisheng Zhao.

First established as a cabinet system in Guangzhou in 1925, the Nationalist Government of China was replaced three years later by a presidential system under a unified Nationalist government in Nanjing. The cabinet government was restored in 1931 and existed until the presidential system was again i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
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Zhao, Suisheng,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1995]
©1995
Year of Publication:1995
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on Romanization
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Institutional Design in Authoritarian Settings
  • CHAPTER 2. The Rise of Constitutionalism
  • CHAPTER 3. Power Resources and Authority Relationships
  • CHAPTER 4. Relative Power Positions of the Major Players
  • CHAPTER 5. Institutional Preferences of the Major Players
  • CHAPTER 6. The Succession Struggle: From Cabinet to Presidential Government, 1925–1928
  • CHAPTER 7. The Grand Anti-Chiang Coalition: From Presidential to Cabinet Government, 1928–1931
  • CHAPTER 8. The Destruction of Chiang’s Major Rivals: From Cabinet Back to Presidentia Government, 1931–1937
  • CHAPTER 9. Conclusion: A Comparative Perspective
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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