Routledge Handbook of the Chinese Communist Party

The agenda of Xi Jinping : is the Chinese Communist party Capable of thorough reforms? / Willy Lam -- The legacy of Mao Zedong / Yiu-Chung Wong and Willy Lam -- The CCP's exploitation of Confucianism and legalism / Delia Lin -- The CCP's use and abuse of nationalism / Edward Friedman -- The party runs the show : how the CCP controls the state and towers over the government, legislature and judiciary / Jean-Pierre Cabestan -- The role of party congresses / Guoguang Wu -- The PLA as the lifeline of the party / Ka Po Ng -- Factional politics in the party-state apparatus / Zhiyue Bo -- Evolution of the party since 1976 : ideological and functional adoptions / Joseph Y.S. Cheng -- The CCP's meritocratic cadre system / Akio Takahara -- "The new (old) normal" : the party's propaganda system under Jiang, Hu, and Xi / Anne-Marie Brady -- How the party-state runs the economy : a model of elite decision-making in the financial market / Victor Shih -- Implementing tax reform and rural reconstruction in China : a case study of the CCP's agrarian policy / Chiew-Siang Bryan Ho -- The party's policy toward labor / Bill Taylor -- Reform, repression, co-optation : the CCP's policy toward intellectuals / Jean-Philippe Béja -- The party and the law / Eva Pils -- Two steps forward one backward : the CCP's policy toward women / Marina Thorborg -- Public policy and lgbt people and activism in mainland China / Elaine Jeffreys -- The CCP's tibet policy : stability through coercion and development / Tsering Topgyal -- The party-state's nationalist strategy to control the Uyghur : silenced voices / Dru Gladney -- The future of the CCP / Kerry Brown and Konstantinos Tsimonis -- Changing patterns of Chinese civil society : comparing the Hu-Wen and the Xi Jinping eras / Chloe Froissart -- Can the Internet and social media change the party? / David Bandurski -- China and the world : from the Chinese dream to the Chinese world order / Simon Shen