Since its founding in 1954, the National People's Congress of China (NPC) has followed a difficult course of development, a course which has been characterized by periods of limited progress intermingled with periods of stagnation and regression. Political campaigns from the Anti-Rightist Movem...

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Main Author:	O'Brien, Kevin J. 1957- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1990
Subjects:	China / Quan guo ren min dai biao da hui China > Quan guo ren min dai biao da hui Politik Reformpolitik Gesetzgebung China / Politics and government / 1949- Hochschulschrift
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	Since its founding in 1954, the National People's Congress of China (NPC) has followed a difficult course of development, a course which has been characterized by periods of limited progress intermingled with periods of stagnation and regression. Political campaigns from the Anti-Rightist Movement (1957–1958) to the Great Leap Forward (1958–1960) to the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) frustrated the establishment of any consistent policy concerning the appropriate role of the legislature within the one-party, Maoist regime. Mao's death in 1976, however, ushered in a new era of political reform which has included the strengthening of the NPC. In this detailed study of the NPC, Kevin O'Brien examines how the NPC has changed from its founding under Mao through the regime of Deng Xiaoping. He describes the various functions it has served, from the management of intra-elite relations; to the incorporation, and co-optation, of criticisms of regime policies into regime debates; to legislation and supervision of government agencies
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages)
ISBN:	9780511664199
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511664199