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Author Koss, Daniel (Political scientist), author

Title Where the party rules : the rank and file of China's communist state / Daniel Koss
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018
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Description 1 online resource
Series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Contents Introduction : party-based authoritarianism in China -- A theory of authoritarian regime parties -- The CCP as co-enforcer of the One-Child Policy -- The CCP's support in generating the state's material base -- War contingencies at the origin of the CCP's power base -- The shifting geography of the CCP's power base (1949-2016) -- Can the CCP disobey? The Great Leap Famine (1958-61) -- The CCP and regime survival in times of crisis (1967-69) -- Conclusion
Summary In most non-democratic countries, today governing forty-four percent of the world population, the power of the regime rests upon a ruling party. Contrasting with conventional notions that authoritarian regime parties serve to contain elite conflict and manipulate electoral-legislative processes, this book presents the case of China and shows that rank and-file members of the Communist Party allow the state to penetrate local communities. Subnational comparative analysis demonstrates that in 'red areas' with high party saturation, the state is most effectively enforcing policy and collecting taxes. Because party membership patterns are extremely enduring, they must be explained by events prior to the Communist takeover in 1949. Frontlines during the anti-colonial Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) continue to shape China's political map even today. Newly available evidence from the Great Leap Forward (1958-1961) and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) shows how a strong local party basis sustained the regime in times of existential crisis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Zhongguo gong chan dang -- Party work
Zhongguo gong chan dang -- History -- 20th century.
Zhongguo gong chan dang -- History -- 21st century
SUBJECT Zhongguo gong chan dang fast
Subject Communist state.
Communism -- China -- History
Authoritarianism -- China -- History
Authoritarianism
Communism
Communist state
Political parties
Politics and government
SUBJECT China -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century
China -- Politics and government -- History -- 21st century
China -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024101
China -- History -- 21st century
Subject China
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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110835498X
9781108420662
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