Rethinking Chinese Politics PDF
by Joseph (Boston University) Fewsmith
Description
Understanding Chinese politics has become more important than ever.
Some argue that China's political system is 'institutionalized' or that 'win all/lose all' struggles are a thing of the past, but, Joseph Fewsmith argues, as in all Leninist systems, political power is difficult to pass on from one leader to the next.
Indeed, each new leader must deploy whatever resources he has to gain control over critical positions and thus consolidate power.
Fewsmith traces four decades of elite politics from Deng to Xi, showing how each leader has built power (or not).
He shows how the structure of politics in China has set the stage for intense and sometimes violent intra-elite struggles, shaping a hierarchy in which one person tends to dominate, and, ironically, providing for periods of stability between intervals of contention.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Publication Date:02/06/2021
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- ISBN:9781108912532
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Publication Date:02/06/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108912532
