Title:   Nuts and Bolts of the Chinese Communist Party

Speaker:   Bruce J. Dickson (George Washington University)

Topic/Issues:  

1. Overview: characteristics of today's CCP
2. Institutions and structures of the CCP
3. How does the CCP interact with other organs of government?
4. Survival strategy
5. Prospects for change

Resources:

1. Presentation: "Nuts and Bolts of the CCP"

Readings:

1. Dickson, Bruce J. Wealth into Power: The Communist Party's Embrace of China's Private Sector (Cambridge UP, 2008)
2. _______. Red Capitalists in China: The Party, Private Entrepreneurs, and Prospects for Political Change (Cambridge UP, 2003)
3. CRS report on the Chinese Political System (10 May 2012)

4. Communiqué on the Current State of the Ideological Sphere: A Notice from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s General Office (April 2013)

    

Goals:

1. [tbd]