Reform without Liberalization: China's National People's Congress and the Politics of Institutional Change
ISBN-13:
9780521380867
ISBN-10:
0521380863
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Kevin J. OBrien
Publication date:
1990
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
280 pages
Category:
Political Science
,
Politics & Government
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ISBN-13:
9780521380867
ISBN-10:
0521380863
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Kevin J. OBrien
Publication date:
1990
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
280 pages
Category:
Political Science
,
Politics & Government
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Reform without Liberalization: China's National People's Congress and the Politics of Institutional Change (ISBN-13: 9780521380867 and ISBN-10: 0521380863), written by authors
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Since its founding in 1954, the National People's Congress of China (NPC) has followed a difficult course of development, a course which has been characterized by periods of limited progress intermingled with periods of stagnation and regression. Political campaigns from the Anti-Rightist Movement (1957-1958) to the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960) to the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) frustrated the establishment of any consistent policy concerning the appropriate role of the legislature within the one-party, Maoist regime. Mao's death in 1976, however, ushered in a new era of political reform which has included the strengthening of the NPC. In this first detailed study of the NPC, Kevin O'Brien examines how the NPC has changed from its founding under Mao through the regime of Deng Xiaoping. He describes the various functions it has served, from the management of intra-elite relations; to the incorporation, and co-optation, of criticisms of regime policies into regime debates; to legislation and supervision of government agencies. The author concludes that although the NPC has not moved toward liberalization, meaning movement toward political autonomy and direct representation of citizen interests, increased legislative involvement in lawmaking, oversight and regime support indicates that the NPC is developing an expanded, more powerful role in the political system.
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