Governance of a Party-state - Corruption, Law, and the Modus Operandi of the Chinese Communist Party

This essential study penetrates the black box of decision-making in China's party-state. As the culmination of two decades of research it decodes Party rules and synthesizes concrete practices to reveal identifiable patterns of individual and institutional choices in corruption, anti-corruption investigations and power struggles at the Politburo.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Corruption, Law and Politics: 1. Corruption in China's courts; 2. Normalization of political prerogative in courts; 3. 'Marriage' of Guanxi and corruption; 4. Survival of corruption under court reforms; Part II. Modus Operandi of the Party: 5. Evolution of the Party's disciplinary system; 6. Post-2012 anti-corruption playbook; 7. Power struggles at the Politburo; Part III. Conclusion: 8. Governance of a Party-state; Appendices; List of References; Index.

About the author

Ling Li teaches China studies at the University of Vienna, specializing in Chinese law and politics. She holds a doctorate in law from Leiden University and has published widely on corruption, anti-corruption, and the PRC's political-legal system. Her research is frequently cited and discussed by scholars and international media.

Product details

• Authors: Li Ling
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781009275002
• ISBN: 978-1-009-27500-2
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; China, LAW / Constitutional, Political corruption, Comparative Politics, Legal History, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Criminal justice law, Constitution: government & the state, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Government powers, Corruption in politics, government and society, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, History of constitution and comparative constitutional law, Criminal law: corruption