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China’s Collective Presidency

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Authors:
  1. Angang Hu

    1. School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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  • Examines the historical development of China's collective presidency

  • Identifies and discusses five key mechanisms which effectively reduce the asymmetries of knowledge and power in China’s political system

  • Summarizes the political advantages of collective presidency, particularly international competitive advantages

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction—Key to the Success of China’s Political System

    • Angang Hu
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Historical Development of the Collective Presidency in China

    • Angang Hu
    Pages 15-40

  4. Collective Division of Work and Cooperation

    • Angang Hu
    Pages 41-53

  5. The Collective Handover Procedure

    • Angang Hu
    Pages 55-72

  6. Collective Learning

    • Angang Hu
    Pages 73-80

  7. Collective Research

    • Angang Hu
    Pages 81-99

  8. Collective Decision Making

    • Angang Hu
    Pages 101-112

  9. Political Advantages of the Collective Presidency

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    Pages 113-136

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 137-157
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About this book

This book examines the historical development of China's collective presidency and identifies five key mechanisms which effectively reduce the asymmetries of knowledge and power. The mechanisms discussed are: group or collective succession, collective division of responsibilities and cooperation, collective learning, collective research and collective decision making. This work presents many facts including historical details showing that the collective presidency of China is a unique and prodigious innovation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China's socialist political system. We see how China’s political system stands in contrast to the presidential system that exists in the United States, which can be described as a system of personal responsibility of the president. The author identifies characteristics of the collective presidency and introduces a framework for analysis. Chapters then explore the phases of historical development in detail and examine fundamental features in terms of their historical development, operational characteristics and evaluation. The final chapter summarizes the political advantages of collective presidency, particularly international competitive advantages and readers will discover that the route to success for modern China lies in collective presidency. This book will appeal to anyone who wishes to discover how China’s political system works, to explore its political institutions that operate in conjunction with the CPC and the Chinese state or to discover how a collective presidency can work successfully.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Angang Hu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: China’s Collective Presidency

  • Authors: Angang Hu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55279-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-55278-6Published: 11 July 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51536-5Published: 17 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-55279-3Published: 25 June 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 157

  • Topics: Political Theory

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