POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND MODELS OF CHINESE POLITICS

·      KEY CONCEPTS OF POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

· PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC DICTATORSHIP

· DEMOCRATIC CENTRALISM (COLLECTIVE OVER INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS)

· CCP LEADERSHIP AND RECTIFICATION

· THE MASS LINE

·      TYPE I MODELS

·      MAO IN COMMAND: MOBILIZATION

·      FACTIONAL POLITICS: POWER AND PERSONALISM

·      RADICAL TOTALITARIANISM: AN IDEOLOGICAL “CULTURE”

·      CYCLES: MOBILIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION

·      TYPE II MODELS

·      CONCENTRIC CIRCLES: POLICY DEBATES

·      MODERNIZATION FACTIONS: MILITANT FUNDAMENTALISTS, RADICAL CONSERVATIVES, ECLECTIC MODERNIZERS, WESTERNIZED CHINESE

·      THREE LINES: MAOIST, CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE PLANNING, MARKET SOCIALISM