Following the Leader

Ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to XI Jinping
1. Auflage, with a New Preface by the Author 2019
ISBN: 978-0-520-30347-8
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

With unique access to Chinese leaders at all levels of the party and government, best-selling author David M. Lampton tells the story of China’s political elites from their own perspectives. Based on over five hundred interviews, Following the Leader offers a rare glimpse into how the attitudes and ideas of those at the top have evolved over the past four decades. Here China’s rulers explain their strategies and ideas for moving the nation forward, share their reflections on matters of leadership and policy, and discuss the challenges that keep them awake at night.

As the Chinese Communist Party installs its new president, Xi Jinping, for a presumably ten-year term, questions abound. How will the country move forward as its explosive rate of economic growth begins to slow? How does it plan to deal with domestic and international calls for political reform and to cope with an aging population, not to mention an increasingly fragmented bureaucracy and society? In this insightful book we learn how China’s leaders see the nation’s political future, as well as about its global strategic influence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lampton, David M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Evolution in the Revolution

Part One. China, a Wide-Angle View

2. Governance and Leadership

3. Policy Making

4. The World

Part Two. China, an Up-Close View

5. Nightmares

6. Soldiers and Civilians

7. Negotiation Chinese Style

Conclusion: Driving beyond the Headlights

Appendix: The Interviews and Interviewing in China

Notes

Index

Über Autor(innen)

David M. Lampton is Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow at The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He is affiliated with the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. He also is Professor Emeritus and former director of China Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.