China's Political System/ modernazation and tradition Dreyer,June Teufel

1. Analyzing Chinese politics --
Historical foundations --
Analytical approaches to Chinese politics --
2. The Chinese Communist Party and state institutions --
Socialist organizational and ideological features --
Leninist organizational principles --
The constitution of the party state --
The Chinese Communist Party --
The central government --
Provincial- and municipal-level governments --
Special administrative regions : Hong Kong and Macau --
Local governments at the county, township, and village levels --
Public finance --
The cadre system and public administration --
Legislation, the People's Congresses, and the political consultative conferences --
The judiciary, police, and penal systems --
The military and politics --
3. Political Leadership --
The center of power --
Leadership generations : revolutionaries, technocrats, and recent diversification --
The division of labor within the party leadership Central leading small groups : top-level decision-making under XI Jinping --
Top leaders --
The risks of political succession and XI Jinping's presidential style --
Informal methods of exercising power --
4. Governing China's economy --
China's economic transformation --
Economic growth : official data and alternative indicators --
Prerequisites for Chinese economic reform --
Government involvement in the Chinese economy --
The role of government in the banking and financial systems --
Economic globalization and government policy --
"Cadre capitalism" and corruption --
Decentralized economic policies and regional disparities --
The dynamics of a developmental state --
5. Governing China's society --
Political control and "social management" --
Political controls and popular demands for civil rights --
Rural society --
Urban society and new social forces --
Social organizations and trade unions --
The media nd public opinion --
Ethnic and religious groups The potential for social unrest --
The political consequences of social change --
6. Policy making : processes and outcomes --
Distinctive features of the policy process --
Administrative modernization and economic deregulation --
Internal security and justice : abolition of "re-education through labor" --
Media policy : controlling social media --
Social security : state pensions for the rural population --
Macroeconomic control : managing the impact of the global financial crisis --
Public budgets : The role of local-government financing platforms --
Infrastructure policy and the high-speed rail network --
Industrial policy and investment catalogs in the automotive sector --
Innovation policy : promoting the internet of things --
Environmental policy : curtailing urban air pollution --
Food safety : preventing health risks --
Disaster management : contingency planning and rescue programs --
Foreign and security policies : maritime rights and interests Urbanization policy : experimental urban concepts --
Internet security : national IT independence and China's cyber policy --
Education policy : popularization and improvements in vocational training --
Mega-projects : China's South-to-North Water Transfer Project --
Strengths, weaknesses, and special characteristics of Chinese policy making --
7. Perspectives on China's political development --
Erosion of the party-state and restorative efforts --
Foundations of Communist Party rule --
The underlying fragility of the Chinese political order --
Scenarios for political development --
The potential for gradual democratic evolution --
Is China a possible developmental model for other countries? --
Implications for international interactions with China