The Chinese Communist Party in Reform

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-54576-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

Contrary to the expectations of many people, China's recent economic growth has not led to the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, the Party has recently carried out a peaceful and orderly transition to the so-called fourth generation of leadership, has revitalised itself, and created a new, younger and better trained cadre corps. Despite this successful transformation, there continue to be many problems that the Party will need to overcome if it is to remain in power, including pressures for democratization in both urban and rural areas, widespread corruption, the emergence of new social groups, and increasing dissatisfaction among workers who seem to be losing out in the present transition process.

The Chinese Communist Party in Reform explores the current state of the Chinese Communist Party and the many challenges that it faces. It considers the dynamics of development in China, the Party organization, recruitment and management, and the Party's role in society more widely. It concludes by examining the prospects for the future of the Party, including whether it will continue to be able to accommodate socio-economic changes within China and pressures from abroad, and the likely nature of its evolution. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive assessment of the internal dynamics of the Chinese Communist Party and its role in Chinese society.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brødsgaard, Kjeld Erik

Yongnian, Zheng

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. The Party Elite and China's Trajectory of Change 2. The Chinese Communist Party's Nomenklatura System as a Leadership Selection Mechanism: An Evaluation 3. The People's Liberation Army as a Key Interest Group in Chinese Party Politics 4. The Party and the Law 5. Bianzhi and Cadre Management in China: The Case of Yangpu 6. The Cadre Responsibility System and the Changing Needs of the Party 7. China's Central Party School: A Unique Institution Adapting to Changes 8. Party Work in the Urban Communities 9. The Weakening of Workers' Power in China 10. Intra-Party Democracy: A Revisionist Perspective from Below 11. Transition in a Party-State System - Taiwan as a Model for China's Future Democratisation 12. The Party, Class and Democracy in China

Über Autor(innen)

Kjeld Erik Brodsgaard is Professor and Director of the Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He is also Editor of The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies and member of the editorial board of a number of scholarly journals, including The China Quarterly. He is currently engaged in a major research project on party reform and cadre management in China, supported by the Carlsberg Foundation.

Zheng Yongnian is Professor and Head of Research at the China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham. He is also a co-editor of China: An International Journal. He is a recipient of the Social Science Research Council MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He has extensively studied both China's domestic political economy and its external relations.