2nd Edition

Chinese Politics The Xi Jinping Difference

Edited By Daniel Lynch, Stanley Rosen Copyright 2024
302 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

302 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Written by a team of leading China specialists, this updated 2nd edition of Chinese Politics explores the dynamics of state power and politics in contemporary China, focusing on the Xi Jinping era. Through its multi-disciplinary contributions, this book explores the extent to which Xi has reshaped the political, economic, socio-cultural, and demographic terrains of the PRC, as well as... Read more

Introduction

Stanley Rosen and Daniel C. Lynch

 1. Law and the Political System in Xi Jinping’s China: The Decline of the Party/State Distinction
Donald Clarke

2. Educating the Next Generation: Propping Up the Party and Undermining Alternatives
Karrie J. Koesel

3. The Private Economy Under Party-State Capitalism
Margaret M. Pearson, Meg Rithmire, and Kellee S. Tsai

4. Xi Jinping’s Partnership with Technology Companies and Social Media Platforms
Daniela Stockmann and Ting Luo

5. Technology Policy Under Xi Jinping, 2012-2022
Douglas B. Fuller and Ricardo L. Kotz

6. Chinese Urban Poverty: Negligence or Disdain?
Dorothy J. Solinger

7. How To Think Xi Jinping Thought
J. Christopher Mittelstaedt and Patricia M. Thornton

8. The 20th Party Congress: Toward Personalistic Autarky?
Joseph Fewsmith

9. The Evolving Leadership in Xi Jinping’s PLA: Factionalism, Weak Coalition, or Military Preparedness?
Victor Shih

10. BRI Under Xi Jinping: Fragmented Authoritarianism Beyond the Water’s Edge
Andrew Mertha

11. Chinese Foreign Policy Under Xi Jinping
June Teufel Dreyer

12. Who Is Blamed for the Pandemic? Survey Findings and Implications for the China Model
Yuen Yuen Ang, Twila Tardif, and Wenjia Song

13.  Implications of the Reformation of China’s Demographic Structure
Wang Feng

Biography

Stanley Rosen is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California, USA.

Daniel C. Lynch is Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and a Professor of Public and International Affairs at the City University of Hong Kong.

'This new and thoroughly updated edition of Chinese Politics is a worthy successor to earlier works co-edited by Stanley Rosen that have been invaluable to scholars in many fields, myself very much included, as we have struggled to keep up with domestic trends in the PRC and shifts in Beijing's global and global ambitions. This topically wide ranging new volume, co-edited with Daniel Lynch, showcases work on the Xi Jinping era (2012- ) by some of the world's most thoughtful and interesting political scientists working on China and also includes chapters by leading specialists in other fields, such as law and sociology.'  

Jeffrey Wasserstrom, University of California, Irvine