Joseph Fewsmith (Boston University)

Rethinking Chinese Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is for anyone wanting to understand how Chinese politics work. Tracing four decades of elite politics, Joseph Fewsmith focuses on how people gain positions and consolidate power, challenging conclusions of those who study authoritarian systems and arguing that Chinese politics at the top are not institutionalized.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 348g
• ISBN-13: 9781108926607
• ISBN-10: 1108926606
• Artikelnr.: 61210596

Autorenporträt

Joseph Fewsmith is Professor of International Relations and Politics Science, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Rethinking Chinese politics
1. The dengist structure of power
2. Succession and the art of consolidating power
3. Hu Jintao and the limits of institutionalization
4. The pathologies of reform leninism
5. Xi Jinping's centralization of power
6. The nineteenth party congress and reinvigorating Leninism.