Chinese Politics in the Xi Jinping Era : Reassessing Collective Leadership /

Chinese politics are at a crossroads as President Xi Jinping amasses personal power and tests the constraints of collective leadership. In the years since he became general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, Xi Jinping has surprised many people in China and around the world with his b...

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Main Author: Li, Cheng (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2016.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Governance: Collective Leadership Revisiting; Structure: China's Party-State System; Elites: Composition and Representation on the 18th Central Committee; Education: Advanced Degrees, Part-Time Training, and Study Abroad; Occupations: From Rule by Technocrats to a More Diverse Leadership; Mishu: Favoritism and Corruption in Elite Politics; Factions: One Party, Two Coalitions?; Protégés: Xi's Inner Circle.
  • Trajectory: The 19th National Party Congress and Changing Dynamics in Chinese SocietyAbbreviations; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.