The Decline of Communism in China: Legitimacy Crisis, 1977-1989
This book examines the relationship between the Communist political elite and the largely anti-Communist intellectual elite during the decade of reform (1977-1989). The author, who was a participant in these events, shows how intellectuals gained control of state institutions and organized resistance to the Deng Xiaoping regime. The book will be of interest to students of China and of comparative communism.
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The Decline of Communism in China: Legitimacy Crisis, 1977-1989
This book examines the relationship between the Communist political elite and the largely anti-Communist intellectual elite during the decade of reform (1977-1989). The author, who was a participant in these events, shows how intellectuals gained control of state institutions and organized resistance to the Deng Xiaoping regime. The book will be of interest to students of China and of comparative communism.
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The Decline of Communism in China: Legitimacy Crisis, 1977-1989

The Decline of Communism in China: Legitimacy Crisis, 1977-1989

by X. L. Ding
The Decline of Communism in China: Legitimacy Crisis, 1977-1989

The Decline of Communism in China: Legitimacy Crisis, 1977-1989

by X. L. Ding

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This book examines the relationship between the Communist political elite and the largely anti-Communist intellectual elite during the decade of reform (1977-1989). The author, who was a participant in these events, shows how intellectuals gained control of state institutions and organized resistance to the Deng Xiaoping regime. The book will be of interest to students of China and of comparative communism.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521026239
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 04/27/2006
Edition description: 1ST
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 5.94(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.51(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I: 1. Theoretical and comparative issues; 2. The counter-elite and its institutional basis; Part II: 3. 'The movement to 'emancipate the mind' and the counter-elite's response; 4. 'Building socialist spiritual civilisation' and the counter-elite's response; 5. Two contending patriotic campaigns; 6. Admission of the 'primary stage of socialism' and the counter-elite's two development models; Concluding remarks; Appendix; Selected bibliography; Index.
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