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The Chinese Communist Party’s Capacity to Rule

Part of the Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-53368-5

ISBN: 978-1-349-57455-1

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK - Springer Journals

Dec 10, 2015

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Introduction

Zeng, Jinghan

Pages: 1 –28

[Since the beginning of human civilization, humanity has been looking for the best form of government. For thousands of years, our political systems constantly evolved with the changing political values and the progress of human civilizations, until the late 1980s — when it was claimed that this...
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Existential Crisis of the Chinese Communist Party?

Zeng, Jinghan

Pages: 29 –54

[This chapter studies the CCP’s concerns about the continuation of its rule and how it addressed these concerns in post-Mao China (1976–2012). Existential crises have been a constant concern for Chinese leaders. This chapter argues that the CCP’s concerns mainly derive from: the gap between the...
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Popular Legitimacy from the Western Perspective

Zeng, Jinghan

Pages: 55 –95

[This chapter discusses concepts and theories of legitimacy and the English-language literature on the subject of legitimacy in China. The first part discusses Western theories of legitimacy — including normative legitimacy, empirical legitimacy, and critical legitimacy — and their limits in...
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Popular Legitimacy from the Chinese Perspective

Zeng, Jinghan

Pages: 96 –114

[The previous chapter studies popular legitimacy in contemporary China from the Western perspective. This chapter approaches this issue from the Chinese perspective. Chinese intellectuals may have valuable insights and perhaps better understand how China is ruled. So far, no systematic study has...
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Ideological and Political Education in China

Zeng, Jinghan

Pages: 115 –152

[This chapter studies political ideology in contemporary China. As established in the Introduction chapter, a core argument in this book is that ideology plays a crucial role in maintaining party cohesion and the popular legitimacy of the CCP. In China, the CCP has made great efforts in...
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The Institutionalization of the Authoritarian Leadership in China

Zeng, Jinghan

Pages: 153 –180

[A core argument in this book, as established in the Introduction chapter, is that the institutionalization of power succession in China plays a key role in maintaining the CCP’s internal stability and its capability to maintain legitimacy. Leadership transitions have always been turbulent...
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Conclusion: A Journey to Popular Legitimacy and Party Cohesion

Zeng, Jinghan

Pages: 181 –194

[The “rise of China” is proving to be one of the most important developments of the early 21st century. While some scholars have been debating whether — or even when — China will lead the world (e.g., Beeson, 2013; Jacques, 2009), the CCP has been seriously concerned about the continuation of its...

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