Format:
Online-Ressource (xix, 244 p)
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Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0415322340
Series Statement:
RoutledgeCurzon studies on China in transition 16
Content:
This book studies the rulers of China - its top political leaders. It seeks to understand who they are, how job assignment in high politics is determined, and how the Chinese leadership is stratified
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Front Cover; Elite Dualism and Leadership Selection in China; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Data; Variables and measurements; Summary; 2. An institutional explanation of elite dualism in China; Institutions, norms and rules; Hierarchy and functional differentiation; A governance dilemma in an one-party dictatorship; A two-front arrangement; The division of labor between the CCP and government; Institutional development in the reform era; New perspectives on the party-state relations
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The distribution of capabilities and elite dualismSummary; 3. Dualism in historical perspective; The Chinese Soviet Republic; The united front policy and the three third system; The political elite in the early years of the PRC; Summary; 4. The Cultural Revolution and the leadership transition in the reform era; China's political elite during the Cultural Revolution; The cadre reform in the 1980s; Educational attainment and political credentials; Summary; 5. Dualism and job assignment; Human capital and labor market segmentation; Institutional differentiation and elite dualism
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Descriptive statisticsEducational credentials and job assignment; Age, CCP seniority, and job assignment; Institutional effects on job assignment; Summary; 6. Dualism and promotion; Promotion and opportunity structures; Existing studies of elite mobility in China; Elite dualism and career advancement; Measuring promotion in the Chinese political hierarchy; Education, political credentials, and promotion; Institutional effects on promotion; Summary; 7. Dualism and mobility rates; Status attainment and promotion speed; Existing research on mobility rates in state socialism
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Institutional distinction and mobility ratesMeasuring promotion speed in the Chinese political hierarchy; Age, CCP seniority, and position attainment; Institutional effects on mobility rates; Summary; 8. Dualism and career histories; Career experience and status attainment; Career histories in state socialism; Internal labor markets and career experiences; Career backgrounds and recruitment patterns; Summary; 9. Dualism and cooptation; Cooptation, elite renewal, and regime survival; Existing studies of cooptation in China; Defining cooptation; Institutional distinction and cooptation
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Institutional effects on cooptationSummary; 10. Dualism and the political elite in China; Elite Dualism in Chinese socialism; The formation of political-technocracy in the PRC; Institutional development in China; Elite stability in China; Contributions to Chinese studies; Contributions to sociology; Appendix: Methodology; Defining the political elite in China; Status attainment models and elite studies; Data Collection; Coding procedures; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415322348
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Elite Dualism and Leadership Selection in China
Language:
English
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