| ID | 083868 |
| Title Proper | Changing Structure of communist party membership in urban China, 1988-2002 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Sato, Hiroshi ; Eto, Keiya |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper examines changes in the membership structure of the Communist Party of China during the 1990s. It concentrates on urban China to investigate the relationship between socioeconomic characteristics of the region (city) and the age, educational, and occupational structures of the regional party. The major findings are as follows. First, the development of marketization has widened opportunities for the younger generation to achieve socioeconomic success outside party membership. Second, the younger generation's incentives for joining the party have consequently been increasingly important determinants of the party's membership structure. Third, the subsequent technocratic reorganization of the urban party seems to have progressed through the conventional bureaucratic-elite path in the government and publicly owned sectors rather than through the newly emerging qualified professional-elite path |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 17, No.57; Nov 2008: p653-672 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Contemporary China Vol. 17, No.57; Nov 2008: p653-672 |
| Key Words | Communist Party of China ; China ; Politics ; Socioeconomic |