1st Edition

Elite Dualism and Leadership Selection in China

By Xiaowei Zang Copyright 2004
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

Who are the top political leaders in China? What are the major criteria in elite recruitment? How is job promotion in high politics determined? By studying over one and a half thousand top political Chinese leaders, this book seeks to answer these questions and, as a result, defines how Chinese leadership is stratified. Unlike existing research on Chinese leaders, Elite Dualism and Leadership... Read more
1. Introduction  2. An Institutional Explanation of Elite Dualism in China  3. Dualism in Historical Perspectives  4. The Cultural Revolution and the Leadership Transition in the Reform Era  5. Dualism and Job Assignment  6. Dualism and Promotion  7. Dualism and Mobility Rates  8. Dualism and Career Histories  9. Dualism and Cooptation  10. Dualism and the Political Elite in China

Biography

Xiaowei Zang

'There is much to recommend this text. It is clearly written and combines a thoughtful use of statistical measures with methodological innovation.' - China Information