The Decline of Communism in China Legitimacy Crisis, 1977}}}1989 [Paperback]

This 1994 book analyses elite politics in China during the decade of reform (197789).This 1994 book examines the relationship between the Communist political elite and the largely anti-Communist intellectual elite during the decade of reform (197789) by showing how intellectuals gained control of state institutions and organized resistance to the Deng Xiaoping regime.This 1994 book examines the relationship between the Communist political elite and the largely anti-Communist intellectual elite during the decade of reform (197789) by showing how intellectuals gained control of state institutions and organized resistance to the Deng Xiaoping regime.This book examines the relationship between the Communist political elite and the largely anti-Communist intellectual elite during the decade of reform (1977-1989). The author, who was a participant in these events, shows how intellectuals gained control of state institutions and organized resistance to the Deng Xiaoping regime. The book will be of interest to students of China and of comparative communism.Introduction; Part I: 1. Theoretical and comparative issues; 2. The counter-elite and its institutional basis; Part II: 3. 'The movement to 'emancipate the mind' and the counter-elite's response; 4. 'Building socialist spiritual civilisation' and the counter-elite's response; 5. Two contending patriotic campaigns; 6. Admission of the 'primary stage of socialism' and the counter-elite's two development models; Concluding remarks; Appendix; Selected bibliography; Index. ...an impressive book. It is both well-written and well-structured. It is also a work of true scholarship, and constitutes a largely successful blend of deep theorizing and detailed empiricism. His appendix on methodology is refreshingly honest and sensitive. Leslie Holmes, American Political Science Review ...addresses one of the most important issues in contemporary China....Ding's analysis is intriguing and should be seriously examined. It is a lãq