LEADER 00000cam a22006973i 4500 001 ocn924638443 003 OCoLC 005 20210702123019.8 006 m o d 007 cr |n||||||||| 008 151014s2015 nyu ob 001 0 eng d 020 9781139976800|q(electronic book) 020 113997680X|q(electronic book) 020 9781316398685|q(electronic book) 020 1316398684|q(electronic book) 020 |z9781107082021|q(hardback) 020 |z1107082021|q(hardback) 035 (OCoLC)924638443 040 YDXCP|beng|epn|cYDXCP|dN$T|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dOTZ|dAU@|dUKAHL |dOL$|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dK6U|dOCLCO 043 a-cc--- 049 RIDW 050 4 JQ1519.A5 072 7 POL|x008000|2bisacsh 072 7 POL|x016000|2bisacsh 082 04 324.251/075|223 090 JQ1519.A5 100 1 Wu, Guoguang.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n89118549 245 10 China's Party Congress :|bpower, legitimacy, and institutional manipulation /|cGuoguang Wu, University of Victoria. 264 1 New York, NY :|bCambridge University Press,|c2015. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rdaft 505 0 Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: China's Party Congress as the theater of power; 2 Institutions manipulated, legitimacy ritualized: a theory of authoritarian legitimization; 3 "Meeting for unity and victory": the political art of running the Party Congress; 4 Between political principle and the practice of power: the making and remaking of the Party platform; 5 Norms versus operations: the Party Constitution in political configuration. 505 8 6 Elections as instruments of autocracy: the essence and nuisance of formalistic voting7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. 520 Nominally the highest decision-making body in the Chinese Communist Party, the Party Congress is responsible for determining party policy and the selection of China's leaders. Guoguang Wu provides the first analysis of how the Party Congress operates to elect Party leadership and decide Party policy, and explores why such a formal performance of congress meetings, delegate discussions, and non-democratic elections is significant for authoritarian politics more broadly. Taking institutional inconsistency as the central research question, this study presents a new theory of 'mutual contextualization' to reveal how informal politics and formal institutions interact with each other. Wu argues that despite the prevalence of informal politics behind the scenes, authoritarian politics seeks legitimization through a combination of political manipulation and the ritual mobilization of formal institutions. This ambitious book is essential reading for all those interested in understanding contemporary China, and an innovative theoretical contribution to the study of comparative politics. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 610 20 Zhongguo gong chan dang.|bQuan guo dai biao da hui.|0https ://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81026462 610 20 Zhongguo gong chan dang|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n79090028|xParty work.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh00006923 610 20 Zhongguo gong chan dang|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n79090028|xPlatforms.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh99002089 610 27 Zhongguo gong chan dang.|bQuan guo dai biao da hui.|2fast |0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/554722 610 27 Zhongguo gong chan dang.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/535548 648 7 1949-|2fast 648 7 Since 1949|2fast 650 0 Political leadership|zChina.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2010107081 650 7 Political leadership.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1069363 650 7 Politics and government.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/ fast/1919741 651 0 China|xPolitics and government|y1949-|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85024174 651 7 China.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1206073 655 0 Electronic books. 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Political platforms.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1423827 776 08 |iPrint version:|z9781107082021|z1107082021|w(DLC) 2015012670|w(OCoLC)911518078 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1093090|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this ebook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20210708|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 5016 |lridw 994 92|bRID