A Confucian Constitutional Order : : How China's Ancient Past Can Shape Its Political Future / / Jiang Qing; ed. by Ruiping Fan, Daniel A. Bell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Qing, Jiang,
• MitwirkendeR: Bell, Daniel A.,; Chan, Joseph,; Li, Chenyang,; Qing, Jiang,; Shaoguang, Wang,; Tongdong, Bai,
• HerausgeberIn: Bell, Daniel A.,; Fan, Ruiping,
• TeilnehmendeR: Ryden, Edmund.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: The Princeton-China Series ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 5 line illus. 1 table.

As China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy. But could China develop a unique form of government based on its own distinct traditions? Jiang Qing--China's most original, provocative, and controvers...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. A Confucian Constitutional Order
• 1. The Way of the Humane Authority:The Theoretical Basis for Confucian Constitutionalism and a Tricameral Parliament
• 2. The Supervisory System of Confucian Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Supervision of the State by the Academy
• 3. A Confucian Constitutionalist State: The Constitutional Role and Contemporary Significance of Republicanism under a Symbolic Monarch
• Part II. Comments
• 4. On the Legitimacy of Confucian Constitutionalism
• 5. An Old Mandate for a New State: On Jiang Qing's Political Confucianism
• 6. Transcendent Heaven? A Critique of Jiang Qing's Grounding of the Right to Rule
• 7. Is the Way of the Humane Authority a Good Thing? An Assessment of Confucian Constitutionalism
• Part III. Response to the Commentators
• Chapter 8. Debating with My Critics
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Contributors
• Index