Wealth into Power The Communist Party's Embrace of China's Private Sector [Hardcover]

Dickson argues that, rather than promoting democratization, China's entrepreneurs offer key support for the Communist Party's agenda.Bruce Dickson challenges the notion that economic development is leading to political change in China. Instead, he argues, Chinas entrepreneurs have become partners with the ruling Chinese Communist Party to promote economic growth while maintaining the political status quo, in effect creating a form of crony communism.Bruce Dickson challenges the notion that economic development is leading to political change in China. Instead, he argues, Chinas entrepreneurs have become partners with the ruling Chinese Communist Party to promote economic growth while maintaining the political status quo, in effect creating a form of crony communism.In Wealth into Power, Bruce Dickson challenges the notion that economic development is leading to political change in China, or that Chinas private entrepreneurs are helping to promote democratization. Instead, they have become partners with the ruling Chinese Communist Party to promote economic growth while maintaining the political status quo. Dicksons research illuminates the Communist Partys strategy for incorporating Chinas capitalists into the political system and how the shared interests, personal ties, and common views of the party and the private sector are creating a form of crony communism. Rather than being potential agents of change, Chinas entrepreneurs may prove to be a key source of support for the partys agenda. Based on years of research and original survey data, this book will be of interest to all those interested in Chinas political future and in the relationship between economic wealth and political power.1. Introduction; 2. The party's promotion of the private sector; 3. Co-opting the capitalists; 4. Bridges and branches: the CCP's institutional links to the private sector; 5. Views on the economic, political, and social environments; 6. Private entrepreneurs in publicl#<