‘Carrying Forward the Great Founding Spirit’: Governance in the Communist Party of China Today

Jabin T. Jacob and Bhim B. Subba
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Jabin T. Jacob: Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi National Capital Region, India.
Bhim B. Subba: Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. bhimsubba@uohyd.ac.in

China Report, 2022, vol. 58, issue 3, 263-282

Abstract: The Communist Party of China’s transition from a revolutionary party to a ruling party has been accompanied by challenges to its legitimacy owing to issues of corruption and poor governance. As a result, the Party’s leadership has time and again laid stress on discipline and unity on internal governance, in other words, as a way of overcoming its shortcomings. This article looks at two approaches towards internal governance under current General Secretary Xi Jinping. The first, it argues, is a stress on the fervour and ideals of a past revolutionary era as the Party tries to reinforce its legitimacy to rule. The second is a strategy of greater control over the work of the state. Essentially, the Party is integrating the state ever closely with itself as a way of validating the effectiveness of its internal governance.

Keywords: Communist Party of China (CPC); Party-state relations; Party leadership; governance; ruling party; Party organisation; revolutionary rhetoric (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/00094455221108226

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