Factionalism in Chinese Communist Politics

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ID23799008
AuthorsJing Huang (0000-0002-6205-0025, Utah State University, corresponding author)
Year2000
Publication date2000-07-03
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueFactionalism in Chinese Communist Politics (Cambridge Modern China Series) (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511571688
OpenAlexW4230497942
Open LibraryOL34443973M
ISBN9780511571688
LanguageEN
Citations received44

Factionalism is widely understood to be a distinguishing characteristic of Chinese politics. In this book, first published in 2000, Jing Huang examines the role of factionalism in leadership relations and policy-making. His detailed knowledge of intra-party politics offers an alternative understanding of still-disputed struggles behind the high walls of leadership in Zhongnanhai. Huang traces the development of factional politics from its roots in the 'mountaintops' and the enduring impact of the personal bonds formed between Mao and his supporters at the Yan'an Round Table. Critiquing the predominant theories on leadership and decision-making, he explains that it is not power struggles that give rise to factionalism, but rather the existence of 'factionalism that turns power into an overriding goal in CCP politics'. Huang explains why policy outcomes switched constantly between 'Left-adventurism' and 'Right-conservatism' under Mao's reign and between 'emancipation of mind' and 'socialist spiritual civilization' in the Deng era.

Civilization · Communism · Conservatism · Emancipation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Reign · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · 1949 · china · History · Kommunistische Partei Chinas · politics and government · Renegat · Sa uberung

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