| ID | 145249 |
| Title Proper | Rebellion of the cadres |
| Other Title Information | the 1967 implosion of the Chinese party-state |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Walder, Andrew G |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Accounts of the tumultuous initial phase of the Cultural Revolution portray party-state cadres primarily as targets of a popular insurgency. Cadres in Party and government organs in fact were themselves in widespread rebellion against their superiors after October 1966, and rebel cadres were a major force in the national wave of power seizures that destroyed the civilian state in early 1967. The rebellion was a form of bureaucratic politics in a setting characterized by rapidly shifting signals and high uncertainty, in which the rebels’ motives were generated after the onset of the Cultural Revolution. Cadres played a central role in the destruction of the political institutions to which their vested interests were inextricably linked. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Journal , No.75; Jan 2016: p.102-120 |
| Journal Source | China Journal No 75 |
| Key Words | Rebellion ; Cadres ; 967 Implosion ; Chinese Party-State |