The decline of communism in China : legitimacy crisis, 1977-1989
This 1994 book examines the relationship between the Communist political elite and the largely anti-Communist intellectual elite during the decade of reform (1977–89) by showing how intellectuals gained control of state institutions and organized resistance to the Deng Xiaoping regime.
xii, 230 pages ; 24 cm
9780521451383, 9780521026239, 0521451388, 0521026237
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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.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)