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Where the Party Rules - The Rank and File of China's Communist State (Hardcover)
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Where the Party Rules - The Rank and File of China's Communist State (Hardcover)
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In most non-democratic countries, today governing forty-four
percent of the world population, the power of the regime rests upon
a ruling party. Contrasting with conventional notions that
authoritarian regime parties serve to contain elite conflict and
manipulate electoral-legislative processes, this book presents the
case of China and shows that rank and-file members of the Communist
Party allow the state to penetrate local communities. Subnational
comparative analysis demonstrates that in 'red areas' with high
party saturation, the state is most effectively enforcing policy
and collecting taxes. Because party membership patterns are
extremely enduring, they must be explained by events prior to the
Communist takeover in 1949. Frontlines during the anti-colonial
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) continue to shape China's political
map even today. Newly available evidence from the Great Leap
Forward (1958-1961) and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) shows
how a strong local party basis sustained the regime in times of
existential crisis.
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