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Author Pieke, Frank N.

Title The good communist : elite training and state building in today's China / Frank N. Pieke
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 229 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Socialism, capitalism and the anthropology of neo-socialist rule -- Cadres, cadre training and party schools -- Cadre training and education in the twenty-first century -- Life and work at party schools -- Marketization and centralization of cadre education and training -- Cadre training, cadre careers and the changing composition of China's political elite -- Conclusions : cadre training and the future of party rule
Summary "Has China become just another capitalist country in a socialist cloak? Will the Chinese Communist Party's rule survive the next ten years of modernization and globalization? Frank Pieke investigates these conundrums in this fascinating account of how government officials are trained for placement in the Chinese Communist Party. Through in-depth interviews with staff members and aspiring trainees, he shows that while the Chinese Communist Party has undergone a radical transformation since the revolutionary years under Mao, it is still incumbent upon cadres, who are selected through a highly rigorous process, to be ideologically and politically committed to the party. It is the lessons learnt through their teachers that shape the political and economic decisions they will make in power. The book offers unique insights into the structure and the ideological culture of the Chinese government, and how it has reinvented itself over the last three decades as a neo-socialist state"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Zhongguo gong chan dang.
SUBJECT Zhongguo gong chan dang fast
Subject Communism -- China.
Communist education -- China
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
Communism
Communist education
Politics and government
SUBJECT China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024175
Subject China
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511691157
0511691157
0511691734
9780511691737
9780511690419
051169041X