Sujian Guo, Chinese Politics and Government: Power, Ideology, and Organization (London and New York: Routledge, 2013), 342 p. $50.95 Paperback; $160 Hardback

摘要

Among the numerous textbooks on Chinese politics and government available to students, Sujian Guo's book stands out as a unique and provocative one. As its subtitle indicates, this textbook uses the core or essence of Chinese communist ideology to explain the foundation and exercise of political power and the organizing principle for institutions. This text is provocative because it refutes the epidemic of wishful thinking among China scholars that ideology has lost its relevance to Chinese politics. The author argues, "(T)he party, the state, and the ideology are totally intertwined, and the party's political power is intertwined with ideological power" (p. 8).