Legitimacy of China's Counter-Terrorism Approach

The Mass Line Ethos
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-981-19-3107-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 132 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

This book examines how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has sought to legitimise its counter-terrorism strategy in the eyes of its domestic and international audiences. An important element of CCP policy in Xinjiang has been the deployment of ordinary Chinese citizens, or the 'mass line,’ to create new realities on the ground. This book explores how the history of ideological struggle in the PRC has taken on new characteristics, as well as offering insight into how the CCP has maintained legitimacy in the eyes of its population, even as it pursues policies which are internationally controversial, shedding light on the past and future of the behaviour of the Chinese state, a subject of interest to China scholars, scholars of the Belt and Road, and counter-terrorism experts.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhang, Chi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. From ‘Class Enemies’ to ‘Three Forces’.- Chapter 3. The Mass Line Ethos and People’s War on Terror.- Chapter 4. Mass Mobilisation Tactics for Countering Terrorism.- Chapter 5. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Chi Zhang is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of St Andrews, an Associate Member of the Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, and a Visiting Scholar of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.