Where the Party Rules

Exploring the activities of the Chinese Communist Party's rank and file membership base, Koss advances our understanding of authoritarian parties.

Part I. Autocratic Grassroots Politics: 1. Introduction: party-based authoritarianism in China; 2. A theory of authoritarian regime parties; Part II. The Party in Contemporary China: 3. The CCP as co-enforcer of the one-child policy; 4. The CCP's support in generating the state's material base; Part III. The Party's Origins: 5. War contingencies at the origin of the CCP's power base; 6. The shifting geography of the CCP's power base (1949-2016); Part IV. The Party in the Mao Era: 7. Can the CCP disobey? The great leap famine (1958-61); 8. The CCP and regime survival in times of crisis (1967-9); 9. Conclusion; Appendices; References.