China's Leadership in the Twenty-First Century : The Rise of the Fourth Generation.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- 1. The Rise of the Fourth Generation: Overview and Implications -- II. China's New Leaders -- 2. Poised to Take the Helm: Rising Stars and the Transition to the Fourth Generation -- 3. Hu Jintao's Succession: Prospects and Challenges -- 4. The Provinces: Training Ground for National Leaders or a Power in Their Own Right? -- III. Institutions in Transition -- 5. Leading Small Groups: Managing All Under Heaven -- 6. The Rote of Mishus in the Chinese Political System: Change and Continuity -- 7. Where Do Correct Ideas Come From? The Party School, Key Think Tanks, and the Intellectuals -- IV. Challenges to Governance and Reform -- 8. From the July 1 Speech to the Sixteenth Party Congress: Ideology, Party Construction, and Leadership Transition -- 9. Economics as the Central Task: Do Entrepreneurs Matter? -- 10. Social Dynamics and New Generation Politics -- 11. The Absent-Minded Reform of China's Media -- V. The Generation After Next and Future Prospects for the CCP -- 12. The Generation After Next in Chinese Politics -- 13. Remaining Relevant: The Challenges for the Party in Late-Leninist China -- The Editors and Contributors -- Index.

Between Fall 2002 and Spring 2003, most of the national leadership of China's party, state and military will be replaced by a new generation of officials. The accession to power of this "Fourth Generation" leadership will have profound implications. This is an introduction to the new leaders.

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