Changing Patterns of Chinese Civil Society: Comparing the Hu-Wen and the Xi Jinping Eras

Chloé Froissart (1)

1 IFRAE - Institut français de recherche sur l’Asie de l’Est

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 party's secrecy and tight control over the archives, the press and the Internet. Having governed the People's Republic of China for nearly 70 years though, much interest remains in how this quintessentially Leninist party governs onefifth of the world and runs the world's second-largest economy. The Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Communist Party gives a comprehensive and multifaceted picture of the party's 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 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.

Mots clés: Chinese Communist Party; civil society; NGO; media; China

Domaines: Science politique; Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Chloé Froissart. Changing Patterns of Chinese Civil Society: Comparing the Hu-Wen and the Xi Jinping Eras. ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, pp.352-371, 2018. ⟨hal-03541104⟩