Leadership and authority in China, 1895-1976 / Lawrence R. Sullivan.

Leadership and Authority in China examines the ""constitutional"" conflict in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese society over two diametrically opposed concepts of leadership and authority. Behind the façade of political and ideological unity lay a titanic struggle be...

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Main Author: Sullivan, Lawrence R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The problem of "feudal despotism" in Marx and China
  • Intellectual and political controversies over authority: 1895-1922
  • Political authority in the Chinese Communist Party, theory and practice: 1921-1949
  • The struggle over leadership and authority in the CCP, 1949-1959
  • The struggle over leadership and authority in the CCP, 1959-1976
  • Epilogue: on the "question of Mao".