Alfred L. Chan (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Huron Unive

XI Jinping

Political Career, Governance, and Leadership, 1953-2018

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first comprehensive exploration of Chinese leader Xi Jinping's life and political career. Synthesizing a large corpus of cutting-edge research, Chan provides a contextualized and balanced analysis of the leader and demonstrates how his life sheds light on the vicissitudes of the history of the People's Republic. The result is an original contribution to scholarship which is essential reading for anyone interested in the turbulent rise of China and its implications for the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 736
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 166mm x 54mm
• Gewicht: 1228g
• ISBN-13: 9780197615225
• ISBN-10: 0197615228
• Artikelnr.: 63696654

Autorenporträt

Alfred L. Chan is a Professor Emeritus at Huron University College, Western University, and a Research Associate with the Asian Institute at the Munk Centre for Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. A political scientist and a China expert, he has taught at Carleton University, McGill University, and Calgary University. He has published in leading international journals on China such as The China Quarterly, The China Journal, Studies on Contemporary China, and Pacific Affairs. He is also the author of Mao's Crusade.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. Introduction
* Part I: Xi Jinping's Path to the Top
* 2. Childhood and Youth: Privilege and Trauma (1953-1979)
* 3. Early Career: Central Military Commission (1979-1982) and
Zhengding County (1983-1985)
* 4. Seventeen Years in Fujian (1985-2002)
* 5. Governing Zhejiang (2002-2007)
* 6. The Shanghai Interlude and Political Succession at the Seventeenth
Party
* Congress (2007)
* 7. The Trial of the Heir Presumptive and Crisis Management
(2007-2012)
* 8. The Eighteenth Party Congress (2012) and the Politics of
Succession
* Part II: Xi Jinping's First Term as General Secretary: Power and
Policy in Turbulent Times (2012-2017)
* 9. Consolidation of Power, Image Building, and Disciplining the
Party-State and Society
* 10. Economic Revival, Social Development, and the Search for a New
Development Model
* 11. Reforming the Military and the Recalibration of Foreign Relations
* 12. The Nineteenth Party Congress: Personnel and Policy Changes
(October 2017)
* 13. The Thirteenth National People's Congress (March 2018) and
Administrative Reform
* 14. Conclusion
* Sources Cited
* Abbreviation
* Glossary
* Tables and Figures