Restructuring Political Power in China : : Alliances and Opposition, 1978-1998 / / An Chen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Chen, An,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1999
• Ano de Publicação: 2023
• Idioma: English
• Descrição Física: 1 online resource (280 p.)

This systematic study of China's structural transformation during the past two decades emphasizes the balance-of-power game so ably played by Deng Xiaoping and others among the post-Mao national leadership. Chen argues that to prevent party cadre opposition to market restructuring—the nemesis of change in other communist states—national leaders manipulated legislative channels and party regulations to allow citizen participation in the implementation of reform programs. Opportunistic realignments at the political level, involving the central leadership, local party cadres, and ordinary citizens, brought "people power" into the policymaking process. That power, suggests Chen, may also presage China's constitutional evolution toward a democratic form of government.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- 1 Checks and Balances Without Political Opposition -- 2 The First Step: The Reform of Power Relations in Industrial Enterprises -- 3 Two Systems for Electing People's Deputies -- 4 Elections and Appointments of Government Officials -- 5 The Strategy for Restructuring Power Relationships -- 6 The Three-Cornered Power Game -- 7 Restructuring Authority in Local Politics -- 8 Conclusion: A Constitutional Path to Democracy? -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book