Paths to Power: Elite Mobility in Contemporary China

by David Lampton, Sai-cheung Yeung

Overview

Grappling with enduring questions about the means of achieving power in the Chinese Communist hierarchy, this study analyzes the rise of six individuals (Ji Dengkui, Peng Chong, Gu Mu, Yu Qiuli, Xu Shiyou, and Chen Xilian) who held positions of elite political power in the immediate post-Mao Zedong era. In a new preface, the author applies his hypotheses to China’s more recent political developments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892640638
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	01/01/1988
Series:	Michigan Monographs In Chinese Studies , #55
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

David M. Lampton is Hyman Professor of China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.