Books by Richard Baum
Richard Baum is a distinguished professor in the political science department at UCLA. He is a specialist on Chinese and comparative politics and foreign relations and a past director of the UCLA Center for Chinese Studies. He is the founder and list manager of Chinapol, the world’s largest dedicated listserv for professional China scholars, journalists, and policy analysts.
Interviews with Richard Baum
The best books on Obstacles to Political Reform in China, recommended by Richard Baum
The China specialist and UCLA professor Richard Baum (1940-2012) says that he sometimes feels genuine admiration for China’s technocratic leaders. Other days, he shakes his head at their obsessive intransigence and China’s endemic political insecurity.