· MAO’S SOURCES: “YENAN WAY,”
MARXISM, CONFUCIANISM, COLD WAR
· PARTY AND STATE
o TUTELARY ROLE OF THE STATE
o BUREAUCRATIC CENTRALISM
o PARTY SUPREMACY
o CLIQUES, FACTIONS, AND
PATRONS
o DEMOCRATIC CENTRALISM
o MASS LINE
o IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL LEVEL
CADRES
o ECONOMIC VS. POLITICAL
DEMOCRACY
o POPULAR PARTICIPATION VS.
DISSENT
o ROLE OF THE GREAT LEADER
· DEMOCRACY CHINESE STYLE
o PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC
DICTATORSHIP
o “FOUR CARDINAL PRINCIPLES”
o COLLECTIVE OVER PRIVATE
INTERESTS
o UNITY, NOT FACTIONALISM
o EVILS OF BUREAUCRATISM;
RECTIFICATION
· DENG VS. MAO
o CONTRADICTIONS
o METHODS OF RECTIFICATION
o CLASSES, CLASS STRUGGLE, AND
MASS MOVEMENTS
o ELECTIONS AND PARTY CONTROLS
o MORAL VS. MATERIAL
INCENTIVES
o SEPARATING PARTY AND STATE