Why did the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not follow the failure of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union? This book examines this question by studying two crucial strategies that the CCP feels it needs to implement in order to remain in power: ideological reform and the institutionalization of leadership succession.

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Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Jinghan Zeng

About the author

Jinghan Zeng is a Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also an Associate Fellow in the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. His research and teaching interests lie in the field of Chinese politics and research methodology, with more specific interests in the study of China's authoritarian system, elite politics of contemporary China, and Chinese foreign policy. His academic papers have appeared in International Affairs, Contemporary Politics, Journal of Contemporary China, and Journal of Chinese Political Science. Before his academic career, he worked for the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs in New York City.

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Book Title: The Chinese Communist Party's Capacity to Rule
Book Subtitle: Ideology, Legitimacy and Party Cohesion
Authors: Jinghan Zeng
Series Title: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-53368-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53367-8Published: 22 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53368-5Published: 22 October 2015
Series ISSN: 2662-222X
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2238
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 237
Topics: International Relations, Asian Politics, Asian Culture, Political Theory, Political Science

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Existential Crisis of the Chinese Communist Party?

Popular Legitimacy from the Western Perspective

Popular Legitimacy from the Chinese Perspective

Ideological and Political Education in China

The Institutionalization of the Authoritarian Leadership in China

Conclusion: A Journey to Popular Legitimacy and Party Cohesion

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