Willy Wo Lam - Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Communist Party

Whilst the Chinese Communist Party is one of the most powerful political institutions in the world, it is also one of the least understood, due to the partys secrecy and tight control over the archives, the press and the Internet. Having governed the Peoples Republic of China for nearly 70 years though, much interest remains in how this quintessentially Leninist party governs one-fifth of the world and runs the worlds second-largest economy.

The Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Communist Party gives a comprehensive and multi-faceted picture of the partys traditions and values as well as its efforts to stay relevant in the twenty-first century. It uses a wealth of contemporary data and qualitative analysis to explore the intriguing relationship between the party on the one hand, and the government, the legal and judicial establishment and the armed forces, on the other. Tracing the influence of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin, as well as Mao Zedong, on contemporary leaders ranging from Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping, the sections cover:

the partys history and traditions;

how the party works and seeks to remain relevant;

major policy arenas;

the CCP in the twenty-first century.

The Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Communist Party will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Politics, Asian Politics, Political Parties and International Relations.

Willy Wo-Lap Lam is Adjunct Professor at the Centre for China Studies and the Department of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Up-to-date analyses, encyclopedic in scope, by some of the worlds leading authorities.

Perry Link, University of California Riverside

The Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Communist Party is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to understand how China is governed and how its political system has evolved over the past seven decades. Willy Wo-Lap Lam has assembled an unrivalled group of China scholars and produced one of the most illuminating volumes on contemporary China.

Minxin Pei, Claremont McKenna College

In this edited collection, veteran China specialist Willy Lam has assembled a diverse group of authors who dissect the various elements and instruments in CCP rule. The section on how the party works is particularly valuable. All China watchers will find value in this volume.

David Shambaugh, George Washington University

As usual, the deeply perceptive Willy Lam provides what is almost certainly the best guide to the current tate of China, the problems with which her leaders mustgrapple most importantly.

Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania

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For Grace, Ching-Wen and Wen-Chung

PART I
Overview and introduction

Willy Wo-Lap Lam

PART II
History and traditions

Yiu-Chung Wong and Willy Wo-Lap Lam

Delia Lin

Edward Friedman

PART III
How the Party works and stays relevant

Jean-Pierre Cabestan

Guoguang Wu

Ka Po Ng

Bo Zhiyue

Joseph Yu-shek Cheng

Akio Takahara

Anne-Marie Brady

PART IV
Major policy arenas

Victor Shih

Chiew-Siang Bryan Ho

Bill Taylor

Jean-Philippe Bja

Eva Pils

Marina Thorborg

Elaine Jeffreys

Tsering Topgyal

Dru C. Gladney

PART V
The CCP in the twenty-first century

Kerry Brown and Konstantinos Tsimonis

Chlo Froissart

David Bandurski

Simon Shen

Willy Wo-Lap Lam is an Adjunct Professor at the History Department and the Center for China Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a Senior Fellow at Jamestown Foundation, Washington, DC. Dr Lam specializes in elite politics, Chinas economic and political reforms, and Chinese diplomacy. He is the author of seven books on China, including Chinese Politics in the Hu Jintao Era: New Leaders, New Challenges (Routledge, 2006) and Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping: Renaissance, Reform or Retrogression? (Routledge, 2015). His books have been translated into Chinese and Japanese.

David Bandurski is Editor of the China Media Project research website at the University of Hong Kong, where he is Honorary Lecturer at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre. A frequent commentator on Chinese media and current affairs, his writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,ChinaFile,Index on Censorship, the Far Eastern Economic Review and other publications. He is the author of Dragons in Diamond Village (Melville House, 2016), a work of non-fiction on urban villages in China, and co-author of Investigative Journalism in China (Hong Kong University Press, 2010).

Jean-Philippe Bja is Senior Research-Fellow Emeritus, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CERI-Sciences-Po, Paris. Dr. Bjas research areas cover ideological and political reforms in China, including the plight of intellectuals. He is the author of A la recherche dune ombre chinoise: Le mouvement pour la dmocratie en Chine, 19192004 (Gallimard, 2004). He is also the editor, with Fu Hualing and Eva Pils, of Liu Xiaobo, Charter 08 and the Challenges of Political Reform in China (Hong Kong University Press, 2012).

Bo Zhiyue has written widely on Chinas elite politics and policy-making. He is the Founder and President of the Bo Zhiyue China Institute, a China-focused consulting firm. Dr. Bo has taught at Peking University, Roosevelt University, the University of Chicago, American University, St. John Fisher College, Tarleton State University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore and Victoria University of Wellington. He obtained his Bachelor of Law and Master of Law in International Politics from Peking University and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. His research interests include Chinas elite politics, Chinese provincial leaders, central-local relations, cross-strait relations, Sino-US relations and international relations. He is the author of nine books (published by World Scientific), including