The nature of Chinese politics : from Mao to Jiang / Jonathan Unger, editor ; Lowell Dittmer [and others].

Selected papers from The China Journal.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Part 1. The nature of politics under Mao and Deng -- Modernizing Chinese informal politics / Lowell Dittmer -- Factions and the politics of Guanxi : paradoxes in Chinese administrative and political behaviour / Lucian W. Pye -- The paradoxical post-Mao transition : from obeying the leader to "normal politics" / Frederick C. Teiwes -- Chinese politics at the top : factionalism or informal politics? : balance-of-power politics or a game to win all? / Tang Tsou -- Factionalism in Chinese politics from a new institutionalist perspective / Andrew J. Nathan and Kellee S. Tsai -- Reflections on elite informal politics / Lowell Dittmer -- Part 2. The nature of politics under Jiang -- China's political system : challenges of the twenty-first century / Michel Oksenberg -- Jiang Zemin's style of rule : go for stability, monopolize power and settle for limited effectiveness / Lucian W. Pye -- The changing form and dynamics of power politics / Lowell Dittmer -- Normal politics with Chinese characteristics / Frederick C. Teiwes -- The evolving shape of elite politics / Joseph Fewsmith -- The supreme leader and the military / You Ji -- The delayed institutionalization of leadership politics / Susan L. Shirk.

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