Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Conceptual issues and the theoretical framework; 3 The logic of organizational atrophy; 4 The Party in the new social spaces; 5 The Party in corporate governance; 6 Community Party building; 7 The Communist Party in a capitalist revolution; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Summary
Based on extensive empirical investigations of the impact of the market on the communist party, with a particular focus on its grassroots organisations, this book finds that the Chinese communist party is undergoing profound changes in a host of important areas. By analyzing the impact of China's socioeconomic transformation on the CCP and the adaptations of the Party to the new environment the book takes stock of the nature and dynamics of political change underway in China. The author concludes that the Chinese communist party we knew no longer exists--it is evolving into something quite diff
