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Author Cheung, Olivia author

Title Factional-Ideological Conflicts in Chinese Politics To the Left or to the Right? Olivia Cheung
Published Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press

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Description 1 online resource (178 pages)
Series Politics, Security and Society in Asia Pacific
Politics, Security and Society in Asia Pacific
Contents Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Learning from Dazhai after the Great Leap Forward : Mutations of Socialism under Mao Zedong Thought, 1964-1978 -- 3. Decollectivizing Anhui : The Emergence of Market-oriented Socialism in the Countryside, 1979-1980 -- 4. Recollectivizing Nanjie: Building a 'Small Zone of Communism' in the Post- Mao Era of Market Reform, 1984-2012 -- 6. Guangdong versus Chongqing: Competing Models of Governance in the Run-up to the 18th Party Congress, 2008-2012 -- 7. China under Xi Jinping: The End of Factional Model-making and the Pursuit of Common Prosperity in Zhejiang since 2021 -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary This book reconstructs the factional-ideological conflicts surrounding socialist transformation and political reform in China that were played out through 'factional model-making', a norm-bound mechanism for elites of the Chinese Communist Party to contest the party line publicly. Dazhai, Anhui, Nanjie, Shekou, Shenzhen, Guangdong and Chongqing were cultivated into factional models by party elites before Xi Jinping came to power in 2012. Although factional model-making undermined party discipline, it often did not threaten regime security and even contributed to regime resilience through strengthening collective leadership and other means. This follows that the suppression of factional model-making under Xi might undermine longer-term regime resilience. However, Xi believes that regime security rests on his strongman rule, not any benefits that factional model-making may contribute. It is in this spirit that he grooms Zhejiang into a party model for his policy programme of common prosperity, which is designed to legitimize his vision of socialism
Analysis Asian Studies
AS
Contemporary History
CONTEMP HIS
East Asia and North East Asia
EA & NE ASIA
Politics and Government
POL & GOV
Chinese Communist Party, factionalism, ideology, model, policymaking
Notes "Amsterdam University Press"
Acknowledgement Preface Tables Abbreviations Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Learning from Dazhai after the Great Leap Forward: Mutations of Socialism under Mao Zedong Thought, 1964-1978 Chapter 3 Decollectivizing Anhui: The Emergence of Market-oriented Socialism in the Countryside, 1979-1980 Chapter 4 Recollectivizing Nanjie: Building a 'Small Zone of Communism' in the Post-Mao Era of Market Reform, 1984-2012 Chapter 5 Shekou and Shenzhen: Blurring the Line between Special Economic Zone and Special Political Zone, 1979-1989 Chapter 6 Guangdong versus Chongqing: Competing Models of Governance in the Run-up to the 18th Party Congress, 2008-2012 Chapter 7 China under Xi Jinping: The End of Factional Model-making and the Pursuit of Common Prosperity in Zhejiang since 2021 Chapter 8 Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Subject Zhongguo gong chan dang
SUBJECT Zhongguo gong chan dang fast
Subject Marxism and Communism.
Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda.
Politics and government
Cultural policies and debates.
Far-left political ideologies and movements.
Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship.
SUBJECT China -- Politics and government -- 2002- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004009498
Subject China
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9048557089
9789048557080