Joseph Fewsmith (political scientist)
Joseph Fewsmith (1949 – 4 November 2025) was an American political scientist. He was professor emeritus of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University.[1] Fewsmith died on 4 November 2025.[2]
Books
- Party, State, and Local Elites in Republican China: Merchant Organizations and Fewsmith Politics in Shanghai, 1890-1930 (University of Hawaii Press, 1985)[3][4]
- The Dilemmas of Reform in China: Political Conflict and Economic Debate (M.E. Sharpe, 1994)[5]
- China Since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition (Cambridge University Press, 2001)[6]
- Elite Politics in Contemporary China (M.E. Sharpe, 2001)[7]
- China Since Tiananmen: From Deng Xiaoping to Hu Jintao, Second Edition (Cambridge University Press, 2008)
- China's Opening Society: The Non-State Sector and Governance, co-edited with Zheng Yongnian (Routledge, 2008)[8]
- China Today, China Tomorrow: Domestic Politics, Economy, and Society, ed. (Rowan & Littlefield, 2010)[9]
- The Logic and Limits of Political Reform in China (Cambridge University Press, 2013)[10]
- Rethinking Chinese Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2021)[11]
- Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927-1934 (Cambridge University Press, 2022)[12][13]
References
- ^ "Joseph Fewsmith – Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies".
- ^ Yongnian, Zheng; Fewsmith, Joseph, eds. (2008-02-19). China's Opening Society. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-05688-0.
- ^ Duara, Prasenjit (November 7, 1985). "Party, State, and Local Elites in Republican China: Merchant Organizations and Politics in Shanghai, 1890–1930. By Joseph Fewsmith. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985. xii, 275 pp. Map, Notes, Glossary, Selected Bibliography, Index. $25". The Journal of Asian Studies. 45 (1): 117–118. doi:10.2307/2056835 – via Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "Validate User". academic.oup.com.
- ^ Lewi, Martine (1995). "Review of Dilemmas of Reform in China: Political Conflict and Economic Debate. Socialism and Social Movements series". China Review International. 2 (2): 459–461. ISSN 1069-5834.
- ^ Dittmer, Lowell (October 1, 2002). "Book Reviews: Joseph FEWSMITH, China since Tiananmen: The Politics of Transition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 313 pp., with notes, bibliography, and index. ISBN: 0-521-00105-6. Price: £14.95/$21.95". China Information. 16 (2): 116–119. doi:10.1177/0920203X0201600216 – via SAGE Journals.
- ^ Moody, Peter R. (January 1, 2001). "Book Review: Joseph Fewsmith, Elite Politics in Contemporary China (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2000, 167+ xxvii pp., $21.95 pbk.)". Millennium. 30 (1): 156–158. doi:10.1177/03058298010300010210 – via SAGE Journals.
- ^ "Project MUSE -- Verification required!". muse.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ^ Ocko, Jonathan K. (February 7, 2012). "China Today, China Tomorrow: Domestic Politics, Economy, and Society. Edited by Joseph Fewsmith. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. ix, 334 pp. $33.99 (electronic)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 71 (1): 202–204. doi:10.1017/S0021911811002397 – via Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Levy, Richard (March 1, 2014). "Book review: The Logic and Limits of Political Reform in China". China Information. 28 (1): 114–116. doi:10.1177/0920203X13519925l.
- ^ Kellogg, Thomas E. (July 3, 2023). "Rethinking Chinese Politics: by Joseph Fewsmith, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2021, 217 pp., USD$25.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-108-92660-7". Asia Pacific Law Review. 31 (2): 641–645. doi:10.1080/10192557.2023.2181826 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
- ^ Demir, Emre (May 27, 2024). "Forging Leninism in China. Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934: Joseph Fewsmith, Cambridge & New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2022, 224pp., £24.00 ebook". Europe-Asia Studies. 76 (5): 820–822. doi:10.1080/09668136.2024.2339735 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
- ^ Benton, Gregor (January 7, 2023). "Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934, by Joseph Fewsmith". The China Journal. 89: 235–236. doi:10.1086/722844 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).