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TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutionalization of the authoritarian leadership in China
T2 - a power succession system with Chinese characteristics?
AU - Zeng, Jinghan
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - To transfer power successfully at the top and prevent a leadership split during this process has always been extremely challenging for authoritarian regimes. Yet, power succession in China has demonstrated a high degree of stability in the past two decades. How did the authoritarian regime in China perform its leadership transition in an orderly and smooth manner? This paper argues that 30 years of institutionalization has resulted in the development of a power succession system with Chinese characteristics. By offering a large amount of primary and secondary data on Chinese elite politics, this paper analyses the institutional development of succession politics and its impacts on regime stability and legitimacy in China. The case of the Chinese succession system provides a dramatic example in understanding 'authoritarian resilience'.
AB - To transfer power successfully at the top and prevent a leadership split during this process has always been extremely challenging for authoritarian regimes. Yet, power succession in China has demonstrated a high degree of stability in the past two decades. How did the authoritarian regime in China perform its leadership transition in an orderly and smooth manner? This paper argues that 30 years of institutionalization has resulted in the development of a power succession system with Chinese characteristics. By offering a large amount of primary and secondary data on Chinese elite politics, this paper analyses the institutional development of succession politics and its impacts on regime stability and legitimacy in China. The case of the Chinese succession system provides a dramatic example in understanding 'authoritarian resilience'.
KW - leadership transition
KW - legitimacy
KW - elite politics
KW - Chinese politics
KW - authoritarian resilience
KW - institutionalization
KW - CONTEMPORARY CHINA
KW - COMMUNIST-PARTY
KW - LEGITIMACY
KW - RESILIENCE
KW - POLITICS
U2 - 10.1080/13569775.2014.911502
DO - 10.1080/13569775.2014.911502
M3 - Journal article
VL - 20
SP - 294
EP - 314
JO - Contemporary Politics
JF - Contemporary Politics
SN - 1469-3631
IS - 3
ER -