Bruce J. Dickson
George Washington University
52 Papers
238 Citations
Bruce J. Dickson is an academic researcher from George Washington University. The author has contributed to research in topics: China & Communism. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 47 publications.
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Papers
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Red Capitalists in China: The Party, Private Entrepreneurs, and Prospects for Political Change
Bruce J. Dickson
- 01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on whether the Chinese Communist Party is willing and able to adapt to the economic environment its reforms are bringing about, and whether China's "red capitalists", private entrepreneurs who also belong to the communist party, are likely to be agents of political change.
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Wealth into Power: The Communist Party's Embrace of China's Private Sector
Bruce J. Dickson
- 14 Jul 2008
TL;DR: In Wealth into Power as mentioned in this paper, Dickson challenges the notion that economic development is leading to political change in China, or that China's private entrepreneurs are helping to promote democratization, instead, they have become partners with the ruling Chinese Communist Party to promote economic growth while maintaining the political status quo.
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Integrating Wealth and Power in China: The Communist Party's Embrace of the Private Sector
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors presented original survey data from 1999 and 2005 to evaluate the Communist Party's strategy towards the private sector and found that China's capitalists have a stake in preserving the political system that has allowed them to prosper, and they are among the Party's most important bases of support.
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Cooptation and Corporatism in China: The Logic of Party Adaptation
TL;DR: The political implications of China's economic reforms center on the adaptability of the Chinese Communist party (CCP). Can it successfully adapt to the new economic and social environment that its reforms are creating? Or is its ability to cope being undermined by these changes? In the midst of rapid economic change, scholars have identified trends that may be evidence of potential political transformation.
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