One. Assessing the Chinese Communist Party and its many changing roles / Jacques deLisle -- Two. "The Party leads all": the Leninist revival in China / Bruce J. Dickson -- Three. Intraparty elite politics: reign and resilience in the Xi Jinping era / Cheng Li -- Four. Ideology for organization: Xi Jinping's party-building in historical perspective / Cheng Chen -- Five. Corruption and Chinese Communist Party power / Melanie Manion -- Six. The Party's control over the judiciary / Xin He -- Seven. Party business / Margaret M. Pearson -- Eight. The evolving relationship between the Party and the private sector in the Xi era / Yue Hou -- Nine. The Party and the media: unpacking the dynamic relationship and the challenges ahead / Maria Repnikova -- Ten. The Party's struggle to tame civil society / Diana Fu, Emile Dirkes -- Eleven. The Party and religion: serving the Party-State / Karrie J. Koesel -- Twelve. The Party rules all: the policy of multiple-position holding and its implementation in rural China / Yanhua Deng -- Thirteen. The Party in uniform: The institutional irony of Chinese gun control / Andrew Scobell -- Fourteen. The Party and external relations / Bates Gill.
Summary:
"The Chinese Communist Party is a central and overwhelming force in the country. It "leads all"--fulfilling a slogan favored by Mao Zedong and revived by Xi Jinping. The Communist Party and its policies reach every aspect of life in China and dominate some. Under the party's leadership, China's wealth and power have risen dramatically. It is the world's only near-peer of the United States and can influence international institutions, rules, and norms. With the party having celebrated the centenary of its founding in 2021 and looking forward to marking a century of rule in the People's Republic of China in 2049, this book offers a timely examination of how the party has led China and how it might do so in the future. In chapters written by sixteen eminent experts, the volume addresses important questions about the party: Has Xi Jinping's tenure brought a fundamental increase in the pursuit, or achievement, of party control? How do internal party dynamics and the party's control over the the levers of state power and its penetration of social and economic institutions implement and shape the party's rule and its effects in China and beyond? How serious are the threats the party faces from such factors as Xi's approach to power, corruption in the party's ranks, a rapidly changing society, a fraught international environment, or an overly ambitious agenda for party control? The Party Leads All offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the Chinese Communist Party's leadership of the Chinese economy, government, civil society, legal system, military affairs, and foreign policy. It is essential reading for all scholars, students, and policymakers interested in contemporary China"--Back cover.
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