Xi Jinping : political career, governance, and leadership, 1953-2018

Author/Creator:

Chan, Alfred L., author

Publication/Creation:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Xi Jinping : political career, governance, and leadership, 1953-2018 / Alfred L. Chan

Variant Titles:

Political career, governance, and leadership, 1953-2018

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Xi, Jinping
Presidents--China--Biography
Heads of state--China--Biography
China--Politics and government--2002-
China--Politics and government--20th century

Description/Summary

Summary:

"This book, in one convenient volume, is the first comprehensive exploration of all episodes of Xi Jinping's (b. 1953) life history and his political career, begun at age 17. Part I explores Xi's formative childhood and youth experience as well as his governance record spanning every administrative level from the village to the capital. Part II focuses on Xi's first five-year term as General Secretary (2012-2017) and as President (2013-2018). The author discusses all major issues including Xi's legitimacy building, consolidation of power, ideological redefinition, party rectification, anti-corruption efforts, and control of dissent up until 2018. He explores reforms in the economy, social policy, the judiciary, military, and foreign relations in the same period. Xi's political life mirrors the vicissitudes of the Maoist and reform eras, and sheds light on the regime's hopes and fears, strengths and weaknesses, and the changing zeitgeist of the times. By adopting a multi-disciplinary, comparative, and social science approach, this book unpacks and explains immensely complex phenomena, and offers fresh insights into the dynamics of governance in China encompassing both progressive and regressive features. It synthesizes a large corpus of cutting-edge research on China, takes issue with influential theories such as the "one party, two coalitions" view of Chinese politics, and rejects conventional wisdom that views China as a "frozen and closed system" under "one-man rule." This original contribution to scholarship explores how Xi Jinping and his team introduced an unprecedented transformation of Chinese society and politics, and initiated an activist global outreach"--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xviii, 710 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937482725402486

ISBN:

9780197615225
0197615228

OCLC Number:

1280106342

Barcode:

010003516782