Author: An Chen | Journal of Democracy

An Chen, associate professor of political science at the National University of Singapore, was previously a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He received his doctorate from Yale University. He is the author of Restructuring Political Power in China: Alliances and Opposition, 1978-1998 (1999).

Articles by An Chen:

January 2003, Volume 14, Issue 1

China’s Changing of the Guard: The New Inequality

An Chen

Class politics is an ever more important reality, but the growth of capitalism is not likely to produce pressures for democratization.

Books:

Will China Democratize?

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond
Andrew J. Nathan

Although China has achieved extraordinary economic success without the CCP regime loosening its authoritarian grip, can the country continue its growth without political reform?