Political Reform in Post-Mao China (eBook, ePUB)

Democracy and Bureaucracy in a Leninist State

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After the death of Mao, the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party embarked on a series of ambitious political reforms. Barrett L. McCormick develops a theory of Leninist states to explore the prospects for these reforms. He finds that, although the Chinese people have made significant economic and political gains, the basic contours of the state remain unchanged, and as events in June 1989 clearly showed, reform has not diminished the state's ability to impose its prerogatives on society. Drawing on Weber's political sociology, McCormick argues that patronage and corruption are integral as...

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