The specter of failed transition : Tocqueville and the reception of liberalism in reform China

What connects the political thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) to China? Hitherto, scholars have answered this question by looking into references to China in his Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution or by applying insights from his works to issues of democ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: van Dongen, Els
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144958