China's elite politics : political transition and power balancing /

China?s Elite Politics provides a new theoretical perspective on elite politics in China and uses this theoretical perspective to explain power transfer from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao and political dynamics between different factional groups since the Sixteenth Party Congress of November 2002. It exp...

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Main Author: Bo, Zhiyue
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2007.
Series:Series on contemporary China ; v. 8.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=203887
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Summary:China?s Elite Politics provides a new theoretical perspective on elite politics in China and uses this theoretical perspective to explain power transfer from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao and political dynamics between different factional groups since the Sixteenth Party Congress of November 2002. It explains the transition in structural terms, presents characteristics of China?s political elites, and analyzes the balance of power among formal institutions as well as among factional groups. It also examines political interactions between Jiang Zemin and his cronies on the one side and Hu Jintao and.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 449 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789812708328
9812708324
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9781281121110
9786611121112
6611121110
9812700412
9789812700414