Umfang:
1 online resource (467 pages)
ISBN:
9789812708328
Serie:
Series on Contemporary China Ser. v.8
Inhalt:
Key Features:Presents a new theoretical model - power balancing - that can explain the dynamics of China's elite politics better than its alternatives, especially the model of winner-takes-allA comprehensive study of elite politics in China since the Sixteenth Party Congress of November 2002The most systematic and precise presentation of the balance of power among formal institutions and among factional groups as well as the group cohesion of four factional groups - the Shanghai Gang, Princelings, the Qinghua Clique, and the Chinese Communist Youth League (CCYL) GroupPenetrating analyses of the dynamics of elite politics based on open sources such as the People's Daily.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Toward a Power Balancing Model on Elite Politics in China -- WINNER-TAKES-ALL MODEL -- BANDWAGON POLITICS MODEL -- BALANCE-OF-POWER POLITICS MODEL -- POWER BALANCING MODEL -- POWER BALANCING MODEL AND ITS COMPETING MODELS -- CHAPTER OUTLINE -- Part I: Political Transition and Power Balance -- 1. Power Transfer from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao at the Sixteenth Party Congress -- RULES ON POLITICAL EXIT AND JIANG ZEMIN'S RETIREMENT -- JIANG ZEMIN'S TRICK: INSTALLING LOYALISTS BEFORE THE CONGRESS -- POWER TRANSFER AT THE SIXTEENTH PARTY CONGRESS -- TWO-FRONT ARRANGEMENT VERSUS GENERATIONAL SUCCESSION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- 2. The Sixteenth Central Committee: Technocrats in Command? -- RULES ON POLITICAL ENTRY -- Formal Rules -- Informal Rules -- Specific Rules for the Sixteenth Central Committee -- SELECTION PROCESS -- Selecting Top Party Leaders -- Selecting Central Committee Members -- The Presidium of the Sixteenth National Congress -- Outcome -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTRAL COMMITTEE -- Educational Backgrounds -- Age -- Work Experience -- Party Standing -- Home Province72 -- Gender -- Nationality -- TECHNOCRATS IN COMMAND? -- Technocrats: A Definition -- Technocracy: An Evaluation -- Academic requirement -- Career requirement -- China's Political Elites in the Early 21st Century: An Assessment -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- 3. Balance of Formal Power -- POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN CHINA -- PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATION -- Elite Provincial Units -- Provincial Central Committee Representation -- Provincial Central Committee Index -- CENTRAL REPRESENTATION -- MILITARY REPRESENTATION -- CORPORATE REPRESENTATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- 4. Balance of Factional Power -- FACTIONS VERSUS FACTIONAL GROUPS -- SHANGHAI GANG -- PRINCELINGS -- QINGHUA CLIQUE -- CCYL GROUP.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789812700414
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789812700414
Sprache:
Englisch
