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Routledge Legitimating the Chinese Communist Party Since Tiananmen - Critical Analysis

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This scholarly work from Routledge examines how the Chinese Communist Party has maintained legitimacy and consolidated power in the decades following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. While widespread analysis predicted the CCP's imminent collapse after the pro-democracy demonstrations, the party has instead sustained its rule through evolving strategies and discourse. The book explores the stability narratives the CCP has employed to secure its position despite persistent social unrest and mounting protests across the country. As part of the China Policy Series, this volume provides essential insight into the mechanisms of political consolidation, state legitimacy, and governance in contemporary China. It challenges conventional Western assumptions about authoritarian regimes and offers a detailed examination of how the party has weathered decades of internal and external pressures. Ideal for scholars, policymakers, and students of Chinese politics, international relations, and Asian affairs seeking to understand the durability of communist rule in modern China.

Key Features

Routledge publication offers peer-reviewed scholarly analysis of Chinese Communist Party legitimacy strategies and power consolidation.

Focuses on the stability discourse the CCP has developed since the 1989 Tiananmen Square military suppression of pro-democracy protests.

Part of the China Policy Series volume 14, providing contextualised examination of governance and state legitimacy in contemporary China.

Examines why predictions of the CCP's collapse have proven incorrect despite decades of ongoing social protests and political challenges.

Essential reference for academics, policy analysts, and students studying authoritarian governance, Chinese politics, and East Asian affairs.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
04 August 2010
Listed Since
23 May 2009

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