Xi Jinping''s Anticorruption Campaign - The Politics of Revenge

Through empirical analysis and conceptual development, this book analyses the political psychology of Xi Jinping's Anti-Corruption Campaign and its role in the Chinese political system.

List of contents

1. The Theory of Ressentiment 2. Literature Review on "Anticorruption" Campaigns 3. Corruption and Ressentiment 4. Ideology and Corruption 5. Power and Anticorruption 6. Campaign as Ritual 7. The Good Emperor and the Campaign 8. Why an Anticorruption Campaign and Not the Rule of Law?

About the author

Steven P. Feldman is Professor Emeritus of Business Ethics, Case Western Reserve University, USA. His previous books on China are Dictatorship by Degrees: Xi Jinping in China (2021) and Trouble in the Middle: American-Chinese Business Relations Conflict, Culture, and Ethics (2013).

Summary

Through empirical analysis and conceptual development, this book analyses the political psychology of Xi Jinping's Anti-Corruption Campaign and its role in the Chinese political system.

Product details

• Authors: Steven P. Feldman, Steven P. (Case Western Reserve Universit Feldman, Feldman Steven P.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032362694
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236269-4
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Research on the Politics and Sociology of China
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, Political corruption, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social, group or collective psychology, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism, Corruption in politics, government and society