Authoritarian Consolidation in Poverty Alleviation’s Clothing: How Does China’s Communist Party Reinforce Grass-Roots Controls?

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Brief Overview

My research question: How does the CCP gain political support from the poor? By 80 semi-structured interviews, this paper examines how a paired-up mechanism between local cadres and the poor functions to help the CCP reinforces grassroots controls.

Author

• Yu Cheng, Western Michigan University