Where the Party Rules
The Rank and File of China's Communist State
$66.88
- Paperback
408 pages
- Release Date
5 April 2018
Summary
In most non-democratic countries, today governing forty-four percent of the world population, the power of the regime rests upon a ruling party. Contrasting with conventional notions that authoritarian regime parties serve to contain elite conflict and manipulate electoral-legislative processes, this book presents the case of China and shows that rank and-file members of the Communist Party allow the state to penetrate local communities. Subnational comparative analysis demonstrates that in ‘…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781108430739 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1108430732 |
| Author: | Daniel Koss |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 5 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm x 23mm |
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’… [A]n important contribution to the study of the functioning of the CCP and of authoritarian parties …’ Carolin Kautz, ASIEN
‘… [A]n important contribution to the study of the functioning of the CCP and of authoritarian parties …’ Carolin Kautz, ASIEN
About The Author
Daniel Koss
Daniel Koss is Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science of Academia Sinica, Taipei. Prior to this appointment, he was a post doctoral fellow at the Harvard Academy for International and Area studies.
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