Why Communist China Isnt Collapsing - The Ccps Battle for Survival and State Society Dynamics in the Post

This book is a synthesis of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has fought on various fronts for survival since the reform. It refutes the China Collapse thesis by scrutinizing the proactive strategies adopted by the CCP and the critical role of political culture and the international environment in shaping state-society dynamics in China.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2:"Comcapitalism"-The CCP's Legitimacy Battle on the Political and Economic Front

Chapter 3: "Comfucianism"-The CCP's Fight on the Ideological and Cultural Front

Chapter 4: "Blocking, Dredging, and Channeling"-The CCP's Struggle on the Social Front

Chapter 5: Stability at Risk? Party Elites and Factionalism

Chapter 6: Unexpected Allies-Coopted Capitalists and The Middle Class

Chapter 7: The Marginalized Social Class-Workers and Peasants

Chapter 8: The Calculated Strategies of Hard Power and Soft Tread

Chapter 9: International Political Crisis and the CCP's New Opportunities

Chapter 10: Conclusion

About the author

Feng Sun is associate professor in the department of political science at Troy University.Wanfa Zhang is associate professor of political science at Florida Institute of Technology.

Summary

This book is a synthesis of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has fought on various fronts for survival since the reform. It refutes the China Collapse thesis by scrutinizing the proactive strategies adopted by the CCP and the critical role of political culture and the international environment in shaping state-society dynamics in China.

Product details

• Authors: Feng Sun, Feng Zhang Sun, Wanfa Zhang
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781498567152
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6715-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Politics & government, Politics and government, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Marxism & Communism