Why did the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) not follow the failure of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union? This book examines this question by studying two crucial strategies that the CCP feels it needs to implement in order to remain in power: ideological reform and the institutionalization of leadership succession.

Inhalt

1. Introduction
2. Existential Crisis of the Chinese Communist Party?
3. Understanding Popular Legitimacy in China from the Western Perspective
4. Understanding Popular Legitimacy from the Chinese Perspective
5. Ideological and Political Education in China
6. Institutionalization of the Authoritarian Leadership in China
7. Conclusion