Overview

The Communist Party of China has ruled mainland China since 1949. From Marxist revolution and class struggle to market reforms and national rejuvenation, the Party has repeatedly reinvented itself and its justification for monopolizing political power. Bringing together experts from a range of disciplines around the globe, this collection serves as a guide to understanding the Party's unparalleled durability. They examine a range of themes including the mechanics and organisation of one-party rule, the ideologies underpinning party rule, the Party's control of public discourse, technologies of social control, and adaptive policymaking. Read together, these essays provide a comprehensive understanding of the reasons for the Party's continued grip on political power in China today.

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Author:   Ben Hillman (Australian National University, Canberra) ,  Fengyuan Ji (Australian National University, Canberra)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Weight:   0.512kg
ISBN:  

9781009668422

ISBN 10:   1009668420
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   22 January 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; 1. The Communist Party of China: Sources of Strength Ben Hillman; 2. The CPC's Metamorphosis from Class-based Organization to Nationalist Party Yingjie Guo; 3. The Chairman's Long Shadow: Mao Zedong and Mao Zedong Thought in Post-Maoist China Matthew Galway; 4. Language, Discourse, and Hegemony Fengyuan Ji; 5. Patriotic Nationalism as Commodity Delia Lin; 6. Manufacturing Consent and 'Correct Collective Memory' Shuyu Zhang; 7. Neo-Maoist Sticks and Nationalist Carrots: Maintaining Party Cohesion in the New Era Fengming Lu; 8. Co-opting the Private Sector Minglu Chen; 9. China's Adaptive State Capitalism and its International Sources Sarah Eaton and Wendy Leutert; 10. Digital Power: Technological Leadership, Smart Governance, and Ideological Control John Lee and Katja Drinhausen; 11. Social Stability through Responsive Social Policy Bingqin Li; 12. Dealing with Dissent Anna Hayes; 13. The Party and the Army You Ji; 14. After Xi Richard McGregor and Jude Blanchett; Index.

Reviews

'Durable yet constantly evolving, the Chinese Communist Party has survived a 70-year history of often tumultuous change. The essays in this ambitious and wide-ranging volume examine the full spectrum of ideological and organizational features that have contributed to this historical record.' Andrew G. Walder, Stanford University, author of China Under Mao

Author Information

Ben Hillman is Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University. Fengyuan Ji is Associate Professor at the School of Culture, History and Language in the Australian National University's College of Asia and the Pacific.

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