Culture of Leadership in Contemporary China (eBook)

Conflict, Values, and Perspectives for a New Generation

Paul Michael Linehan (Autor)

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2017
286 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5728-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This study examines the culture of leadership—within the government, the Communist Party, and business—in contemporary China. The author analyzes the conflict between traditional Chinese values, communist ideology, and Western liberalism.

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The resurgence of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism in the context of Chinese leadership values has emerged as a foundation for a new generation of leaders. The once-in-a-decade transition of China's leadership witnessed the ascendency of a consensus-oriented fifth generation of leaders supporting a central authoritative figure whose priority will likely include the reconciliation of a waning communist ideology juxtaposed with its ostensible embrace of capitalism. How will Chinese Communist Party authority, ideology, and control address the encroachment of Western values that are centered on Roman law, Greek philosophy, and Christian religion which prioritizes individual freedom and democracy?This book examines the role of traditional Chinese values, ideology, and philosophy as a key determinant in modern China's leadership succession. The author asserts that, as communist ideology wanes, Chinese leaders will turn to their own traditional values found in Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism to establish legitimacy to rule as they seek to promote Chinese prominence and greatness in the world.The author's research assesses China's promotion of its own traditional values in rejecting foreign value influence. Since the inception of modern China at the beginning of the 20th century, China's leadership transition has evolved from an authoritarian, cult-like dictatorship to a consensus-oriented process. In researching this metamorphosis, this book offers social, political, cultural, and historical perspectives to demonstrate that Chinese human values and character factors have risen in prominence as key elements in the mandate of Chinese governance and leadership.The author concludes that Chinese leadership values and its study and diffusion across sectors of Chinese leadership-including business, organizations, and government-have become a means to accentuate Chinese values as a viable alternative to Western claims of absolute and universally accepted values.

Autor

Paul Michael Linehan received a doctorate from Georgetown University.

Inhalt

Part I: OverviewChapter 1: Traditional Chinese Ideology, Philosophy, and Values: Confucianism, Buddhism, and DaoismPart II: Political Leaders of Modern China: Factors, Values, and IssuesChapter 2: Chinese Leadership Biographies, Events, and PathsChapter 3: Sun Yat Sen: Patron to AllChapter 4: Yuan Shikai: Opportunity KnocksChapter 5: Rising Ideologies: Setting the StageChapter 6: Jiang Jieshi: A Confucian Dictator by Any Other NameChapter 7: Mao Zedong: Peasant Among EqualsChapter 8: Deng Xiaoping: Nine Lives: Enduring LegacyChapter 9: Jiang Zemin: Deng’s Economic Reform to TechnocracyChapter 10: The Long March Ascent of Hu JintaoChapter 11: Prelude to Xi Jinping: The Fifth Generation of LeadershipChapter 12: Xi Jinping: Princeling of the PeoplePart III: The Education of Tomorrow's CCP LeadersChapter 13: The Central Party School: The Name Says It AllPart IV: Conclusion: Leadership Looking Glass: The Lens of Its Past, the Vision of Its FutureChapter 14: Moving Beyond or Seeking Retribution for its Past Humiliation?

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.12.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 1 Illustrations including: - 1 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Asian Studies • Chinese history • Chinese philosophy • Chinese Politics • Chinese Values
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5728-7 / 1498557287
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5728-3 / 9781498557283