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Working for the administration remains one of the most coveted career paths for young Chinese. This book seeks to understand what motivates young and educated Chinese to commit to a long-term career in the party-state and how this question is central to the Chinese regime’s ability to maintain its cohesion and survive.

Table of Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Overview of the Argument
  • Political Youth Organizations in Contemporary China
  • Seeing like a Young Cadre
  • Chapter 2: Becoming a Student Cadre
  • Student cadres at the center of the student-management apparatus
  • Commitment is rewarded
  • Chapter 3: Student Leaders as a Rogue Minority
  • Student leaders’ narrowing social circles
  • Cultivating their Party Spirit
  • The “bureaucratization” of student cadres
  • Chapter 4: Sponsorship Networks in Elite Universities
  • Clientelism at Peking University
  • Chains of sponsorship ties in elite universities
  • An elite within the elite: the political career of student leaders from Peking University and Tsinghua University
  • Chapter 5: Starting a Political Career on Campus
  • The Counselor System
  • Counselors as officials in training
  • Starting a political career outside the university
  • Chapter 6: Youth League Officials as Future Party-state Leaders
  • The perfect reserve cadres
  • Cultivating a role as leaders-to-be
  • Chapter 7: Towards a Diffuse Allegiance to the Party-State
  • Each posting entails diverse personal ties
  • Turnover and the multiplication of personal networks
  • Conclusion: Commitment and Allegiance
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography

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        Publisher The University of Michigan Press
        Published 2/28/2023 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN-13 9780472055579
        978-0472055579
        ISBN-10 0472055577
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        Asian history

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Working for the administration remains one of the most coveted career paths for young Chinese. This book seeks to understand what motivates young and educated Chinese to commit to a long-term career in the party-state and how this question is central to the Chinese regime’s ability to maintain its cohesion and survive.

        Table of Contents
        • List of Figures
        • List of Tables
        • Acknowledgments
        • Chapter 1: Introduction
        • Overview of the Argument
        • Political Youth Organizations in Contemporary China
        • Seeing like a Young Cadre
        • Chapter 2: Becoming a Student Cadre
        • Student cadres at the center of the student-management apparatus
        • Commitment is rewarded
        • Chapter 3: Student Leaders as a Rogue Minority
        • Student leaders’ narrowing social circles
        • Cultivating their Party Spirit
        • The “bureaucratization” of student cadres
        • Chapter 4: Sponsorship Networks in Elite Universities
        • Clientelism at Peking University
        • Chains of sponsorship ties in elite universities
        • An elite within the elite: the political career of student leaders from Peking University and Tsinghua University
        • Chapter 5: Starting a Political Career on Campus
        • The Counselor System
        • Counselors as officials in training
        • Starting a political career outside the university
        • Chapter 6: Youth League Officials as Future Party-state Leaders
        • The perfect reserve cadres
        • Cultivating a role as leaders-to-be
        • Chapter 7: Towards a Diffuse Allegiance to the Party-State
        • Each posting entails diverse personal ties
        • Turnover and the multiplication of personal networks
        • Conclusion: Commitment and Allegiance
        • Appendix
        • Bibliography

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