China’s Party Congress
Paperback
Lieferzeit: Print on Demand - Lieferbar innerhalb von 3-5 Werktagen I
38,09 €*
Alle Preise inkl. MwSt. | Versandkostenfrei
ISBN-13:
9781107442207
Veröffentl:
2017
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.01.2017
Seiten:
382
Autor:
Guoguang Wu
Gewicht:
552 g
Format:
229x152x21 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The first scholarly analysis of the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, more commonly known as the Party Congress.
The first analysis of the National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, more commonly known as the Party Congress. Drawing from new documentary evidence, Guoguang Wu examines the operation of the highest decision-making body in China's single ruling party, developing a theory of authoritarian legitimization that integrates informal politics with institutions.
1. Introduction: China's Party Congress as the theatre of power; 2. Institutions manipulated, legitimacy ritualized: a theory of authoritarian legitimization; 3. 'Meeting for unity and victory': the political art of running the Party Congress; 4. Between political principle and the practice of power: the making and remaking of the Party platform; 5. Norms versus operations: Party constitution in political configuration; 6. Elections as instruments of autocracy: the essence and nuisance of formalistic voting; 7. Conclusion.