Rejuvenating Communism: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in Post-Mao China
University of Michigan Press, 2023
Paper: 978-0-472-05557-9 | eISBN: 978-0-472-90294-1 | Cloth: 978-0-472-07557-7
Library of Congress Classification HQ799.C5
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.2350951
Paper: 978-0-472-05557-9 | eISBN: 978-0-472-90294-1 | Cloth: 978-0-472-07557-7
Library of Congress Classification HQ799.C5
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.2350951
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Working for the administration remains one of the most coveted career paths for young Chinese. Rejuvenating Communism: Youth Organizations and Elite Renewal in Post-Mao China seeks to understand what motivates young and educated Chinese to commit to a long-term career in the party-state and how this question is central to the Chinese regime’s ability to maintain its cohesion and survive. Jérôme Doyon draws upon extensive fieldwork and statistical analysis in order to illuminate the undogmatic commitment recruitment techniques and other methods the state has taken to develop a diffuse allegiance to the party-state in the post-Mao era. He then analyzes recruitment and political professionalization in the Communist Party’s youth organizations and shows how experiences in the Chinese Communist Youth League transform recruits and feed their political commitment as they are gradually inducted into the world of officials. As the first in-depth study of the Communist Youth League’s role in recruitment, this book challenges the assumption that merit is the main criteria for advancement within the party-state, an argument with deep implications for understanding Chinese politics today.
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