A Theory of Politics in the People's Republic of China: Structural Constraints on Political Behavior and Outcomes, 1949-1978 (system, Bandwagon, Balance-of-Power) (1986)
Goldstein holds a BA in political science (1975) and a MS in secondary education (1976) from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a MA (1978) and PhD (1985) in political science from UC Berkeley.
Academic career
Goldstein joined University of Pennsylvania as an assistant professor of political science in 1985. In 2009, he was appointed David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations.
Selected publications
Goldstein, Avery (1991). From Bandwagon to Balance-of-Power Politics: Structural Constraints and Politics in China, 1949-1978. Stanford University Press. ISBN9780804718509.
Goldstein, Avery (2000). Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century: China, Britain, France, and the Enduring Legacy of the Nuclear Revolution. Stanford University Press. ISBN9780804737364.
Goldstein, Avery (2005). Rising to the Challenge: China's Grand Strategy and International Security. Stanford University Press. ISBN9780804751384.
Goldstein, Avery (2020). "China's Grand Strategy under Xi Jinping: Reassurance, Reform, and Resistance". International Security. 45 (1): 164–201. doi:10.1162/isec_a_00383.
deLisle, Jacques; Goldstein, Avery; Yang, Guobin, eds. (2016). The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN9780812223514. JSTORj.ctt1b3t8nr.
deLisle, Jacques; Goldstein, Avery, eds. (2017). China's Global Engagement: Cooperation, Competition, and Influence in the 21st Century. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN9780815729693. JSTOR10.7864/j.ctt1hfr0wn.
↑Goldstein, A. M. (1985). A Theory Of Politics In The People's Republic Of China: Structural Constraints On Political Behavior And Outcomes, 1949-1978 (system, Bandwagon, Balance-of-power). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I. (303365424).
↑GOLDSTEIN, A. M. (1985). A Theory Of Politics In The People's Republic Of China: Structural Constraints On Political Behavior And Outcomes, 1949-1978 (system, Bandwagon, Balance-of-power). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I. (303365424). University of California, Berkeley. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1985. 8524963.
↑Reviews of From Bandwagon to Balance-of-Power Politics include:
Teiwes, Frederick C. (July 1992). "From Bandwagon to Balance-of-Power Politics: Structural Constraints and Politics in China 1949-1978. by Avery Goldstein". The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs (28): 177–179. doi:10.2307/2950061. JSTOR2950061.
Reins, Thomas D. (1993). "From Bandwagon to Balance-of-Power Politics: Structural Constraints and Politics in China, 1949–1978 Goldstein, Avery: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press 366 pp., ISBN 0-8047-1850-4, Publication Date: 1991". History: Reviews of New Books. 21 (3): 130–131. doi:10.1080/03612759.1993.9948694.
↑Reviews of Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century include:
Lee, Wei-chin (2002). "Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century: China, Britain, France, and the Enduring Legacy of Nuclear Revolution (review)". China Review International. 9 (1). doi:10.1353/cri.2003.0027.
Freedman, Lawrence (March 2002). "Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century: China, Britain, France, and the Enduring Legacy of the Nuclear Revolution. By Avery Goldstein. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000. 356p. $49.50". American Political Science Review. 96 (1): 262–263. doi:10.1017/S0003055402344344.
Quester, George H. (December 2001). "Reviewed Work: Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century: China, Britain, and France, and the Enduring Legacy of the Nuclear Revolution by Avery Goldstein". Political Psychology. 22 (4): 860–862. JSTOR3792491.
Verma, Raj (2017). "Jacques deLisle and Avery Goldstein, China's Challenges". Journal of Contemporary Asia. 47 (1): 168–170. doi:10.1080/00472336.2016.1178796.
Verma, Raj (2017). "Book review: Jacques deLisle and Avery Goldstein (eds), China's Challenges". Journal of Asian and African Studies. 52 (8): 1277–1278. doi:10.1177/0021909616649540.
Zheng, Yongnian (December 2015). "China's Challenges. Edited by Jacques Delisle and Avery Goldstein . Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. vi + 317 pp. $34.95; £23.00. ISBN 978-0-7391-8292-5". The China Quarterly. 224: 1094–1096. doi:10.1017/S0305741015001319.
Bakken, Børge (January 2017). "China's Challenges, edited by Jacques DeLisle and Avery Goldstein. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. iv+317 pp. US$34.95/ £23.00 (paper, eBook)". The China Journal. 77. doi:10.1086/689238.
↑Reviews of The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China include:
Hassid, Jonathan (July 2017). "The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China, edited by Jacques deLisle, Avery Goldstein, and Guobin Yang. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. vi+284 pp. US$49.95/£32.50 (paper)". The China Journal. 78: 158–160. doi:10.1086/691709. JSTOR26559306.
Schneider, Florian (February 2017). "The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China, written by Jacques deLisle, Avery Goldstein, and Guobin Yang". Asiascape: Digital Asia. 4 (1–2): 147–157. doi:10.1163/22142312-12340073.
"Reviewed work: The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China by Jacques deLisle, Avery Goldstein, Guobin Yang". Contemporary Sociology. 47 (2): 246. March 2018. JSTOR26425124.
Huang, Ronggui (2018). "The internet, social media, and a changing China". Chinese Journal of Communication. 11 (1): 131–133. doi:10.1080/17544750.2018.1426375.
Cheung, Hok Wong (March 2019). "Jacques deLisle and Avery Goldstein, Eds., China's Global Engagement: Cooperation, Competition, and Influence in the twenty-first Century". Journal of Chinese Political Science. 24 (1): 177–178. doi:10.1007/s11366-018-09591-x. ProQuest2150946575.
Fulton, Jonathan (September 2017). "China's global engagement: cooperation, competition, and influence in the 21st century. Edited by Jacques deLisle and Avery Goldstein. Washington DC: Brookings. 2017. 439pp. Index. Pb.: £27.50. ISBN978 0 81572 969 3. Available as e-book". International Affairs. 93 (5): 1283–1284. doi:10.1093/ia/iix148.
↑Pasquali, Paola (2021). "Forty Years of China's Economy: A Historical Perspective". The International Spectator. 56 (1): 146–148. doi:10.1080/03932729.2020.1851965.