Open AccessDancing with Diversity?
Author(s) -
Chunrong Liu,
Yanwen Tang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the copenhagen journal of asian studies/the copenhagen journal of asian studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.312
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2246-2163
pISSN - 1395-4199
DOI - 10.22439/cjas.v39i2.6400
Subject(s) - communism , politics , china , consolidation (business) , political science , socialism , diversity (politics) , cohesion (chemistry) , context (archaeology) , political economy , economic system , sociology , business , economics , law , geography , chemistry , organic chemistry , accounting , archaeology
Rapid market transition in post-reform China has created various socioeconomic spaces that fall beyond the Leninist mode of control by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and thus constitutes a formidable challenge to its ruling capacity. This article examines the evolving adaptations of the CCP and the rise of a new form of Party-society nexus in urban China. We found that Party organisers have been fostering a spatial strategy in the context of ‘disorganised urban socialism’. By spanning institutional and sectoral gaps, engaging so-called ‘floating party members’, and developing community-based service networks, the Party has deliberately combined a specific social mechanism with the Leninist logic of organising. We conclude with a broader discussion of the possible scenario and political implication of CCP’s organisational consolidation from below.