Choosing China's Leaders (Routledge Studies on China in Transition, 46, Band 46) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0415819474 ISBN 13: 9780415819473

Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Political elites are a key topic in contemporary China studies, and have been investigated in relation to factional politics, generation politics, technocracy, and crucially, institutionalization. The institutionalization of elite replacement began in China in the 1980s and quickly accelerated after the early 1990s, as mechanisms emerged to regulate political elites’ entry and exit, including age limits, term limits, and step-by-step promotion.

By examining the various processes of elite selection, this book explores the role played by institutionalization in elite recruitment, promotion and turnover in China. While existing studies have developed our understanding of Chinese elite politics, two key puzzles regarding institutionalisation remain. Although institutionalisation is recognised as an important trend in Chinese politics, there is as yet no theoretical framework to explain the forces that have brought about and sustained this. Further, it is unclear how the process of institutionalisation has impacted on factional politics, and how factions would continue to operate within the parameters of formal politics. Drawing on a wide range of studies, this book looks at Politburo members, senior People’s Liberation Army officers, provincial leaders, heads of major central state-owned enterprises, and Youth League affiliates, to provide a comprehensive understanding of elite recruitment and mobility in contemporary China.

This book will be of great interests to students and scholars of Chinese politics and government, Chinese studies and Asian politics more broadly.

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Chien-wen Kou is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, and the Director of the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, National Chengchi University, Taiwan (ROC).

Xiaowei Zang is Professor of Chinese Studies and Head of the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK and Chair Professor of Social Sciences and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0415819474
• ISBN 13: 9780415819473
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 167
• Herausgeber: Kou Chien-wen, Zang Xiaowei
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