Date of Award
6-1-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
First Advisor
Suisheng Zhao, Ph.D.
Keywords
Authority, China, Chinese Communist Party
Abstract
This paper examines how authority in China has changed from personal, rooted in a leader’s connections, to institutional, rooted in a leader’s position or job. This paper examines two cases, that of Jiang Zemin and the Yang brothers and that of Wen Jiabao and the Wenchuan earthquake, to show how authority is shifted. The examination of these cases reveals that while personal authority routinely was more important than institutional authority leaders with personal authority have died out and not been replaced. Because of China’s recent history, there was no opportunity for new leaders to build up the personal authority of their predecessors. Therefore, when older leaders with personal authority died, institutional authority became more important.
Recommended Citation
Davis, Daniel Bruno, "Changing Authority in the Chinese Communist Party" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 155.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/155
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Rights holder
Daniel Bruno Davis
File size
65 p.
Copyright date
2015
File format
application/pdf
Language
en
Discipline
Political Science