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Dictatorship by Degrees
Xi Jinping in China
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2021
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Dictatorship by Degrees: Xi Jinping in China traces the totalitarian elements that linger in China’s governing policies and practices, such as extra-legal Anti-Corruption Campaign, great concentration of power in one man, increasing intolerance, increasing propaganda, increasing indoctrination, increasing self-criticism inside the Party, expansion of Party cells across society, increasing censorship, cult of personality, and mass incarceration in Xinjiang. Steven P. Feldman develops a concept of pre-totalitarianism to explore these developments through extensive field data, including interviews with business executives, professors, lawyers, and non-profit executives, and observations of daily life. Feldman argues that Chinese political culture, based on the core principle of small group loyalties is inherently unstable, resulting in an ongoing tendency for leaders to concentrate power to survive and accomplish their goals. Under communist dictatorial political organization, totalitarian domination is always a temptation and risk.
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Edition
1/2021
Copyright Year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-1667-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-1668-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
311
Product Type
Monograph
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Preface No access
Chapter One: Pre-Totalitarianism No access
Chapter Two: The Chinese Political System No access
Chapter Three: Patterns in Chinese Politics No access
Chapter Four: Management and Governance No access
Chapter Five: Censorship No access
Chapter Six: Vicissitudes in Dictatorial Control No access
Chapter Seven: Political Change No access
Chapter Eight: Mao and the Cultural Revolution as Models No access
Chapter Nine: Factions Today No access
Chapter Ten: Parade, Party, and President Xi No access
