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The Construction Of The Communist Party Of China Since The Reform And Opening Up-the Perspective Of Overseas Scholars

Posted on:2020-09-04Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:M WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1366330578454274Subject:Doctrine of the party and party building
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After the drastic changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe,many overseas China observers believe that the CCP will soon collapse as its counterparts in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe did,and the "China collapse theory" is endless.However,the CCP has not only failed to collapse,but has created a double miracle of sustained and rapid economic growth and general political stability.The emerging China model has attracted the attention of overseas academic circles.Some overseas scholars have realized that the CCP is the core of the China model and the key to interpreting the Chinese miracle.Therefore,after nearly 20 years of silence,the overseas contemporary Chinese research community has issued a call to bring the CCP back,and the study of the party has gradually warmed up.Comrade Mao Zedong regarded party building as one of the "three magic weapons" of the Chinese revolution and was the most important magic weapon.General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in the report of the 19 th National Congress that the "four greats" are nested in each other,and the decisive role is the new great project of party building.Some scholars have begun to make the issue of the self-building of the CCP as their field of Study and some high-quality monographs and theses have emerged.This dissertation aims to examine overseas studies on the CCP's building since the reform and opening up.It aims to systematically summarize the research topics,basic viewpoints,research paradigms and methods of the overseas studies,which are conducive to strengthening party building and improving the quality of domestic study of party building.The research methods used in this dissertation are literature study method and comparative study method.The framework and content of this dissertation are mainly based on reading the theses and monographs of overseas scholars,which are the first-hand literature materials for this dissertation.When it comes to a certain research topic,this dissertation tries to collect various viewpoints,especially contradictory views,and draws its own conclusions on the basis of comparative analysis.Overseas study on the CCP's building combines realistic experience with theoretical perspective.Overseas scholars are good at using theoretical frameworks and more skilled in the application of social science research methods,which make their study relatively more academic.They set research topics on the basis of reality.They appreciated some measures taken by the CCP to strengthen its own building and put forward some recommendations that are conducive to strengthening party building.However,they are liable to fall into the theoretical trap and draw conclusions that are contrary to empirical facts owing to the fact that their study is based on western theory.They have more difficulties in obtaining raw materials owing to distance and language,so there are some drawbacks in terms of material's selection.Moreover,there are not many overseas scholars who are concerned about the CCP's building.The research production of this field is characterized by unevenness.This dissertation makes a preliminary summary of the paradigm used by the overseas scholars who study the CCP's building.From my point of view,there exists five paradigms,namely,the civil society paradigm,the authoritarianism paradigm,the corporatism paradigm,the legitimacy paradigm,and the adaptability paradigm.Among these five paradigms,the explanatory power differs from one paradigm to another.The adaptability paradigm and the corporatism paradigm have strong explanatory power,the authoritarianism paradigm and the legitimacy paradigm take the second place,and the civil society paradigm has the weakest explanatory power.The explanatory power of a paradigm depends on its distance from the Chinese experience.The closer the distance is,the stronger the explanatory power is.The farther the distance is,the weaker the explanatory power is.When it comes to strengthening party building,overseas study on the CCP's building gives us some inspirations as follows : first,Marxism should be continuously adapted to conditions in China;second,the appointment,selection and training mechanisms for cadres should be improved;third,the development and management of party members should be ameliorated;fourth,while maintaining full confidence in the victory of the anti-corruption struggle,we should constantly improve the anti-corruption mechanism;fifth,we should explore the Chinese model of democratic politics different from the Western liberal democracy,and thus contribute to enriching human political civilization.When it comes to improving the quality of domestic study on party building,overseas study on the CCP's building gives us some inspirations as follows: first,various research methods should be employed to improve the scientific nature of domestic study;second,we should construct the Chinese paradigm of study on party building and establish the autonomy and discourse power of domestic study on party building in the international academic community.
Keywords/Search Tags:overseas study on the CCP's building, ideology building, organization building, anti-corruption struggle, ruling prospects, paradigm, research methods
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