Nathan Sperber, Party and State in China, NLR 142, July–August 2023
newleftreview.org
Unlocking the conceptual monolith of the ‘party-state’, Nathan Sperber sets the evolving relationship between the CCP and the vast governmental apparatus through which it rules in comparative historical context—revealing novel features of the Xi Jinping era.
  • Łumało [he/him]English
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    1 year ago

    Apart for liberalisms, I wish I could fucking read it. I hate paywalls. Maybe some later time.

  • qwename
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    1 year ago

    A few words from the article that stick in my mind after reading this: “truncated”, “ceremonial”, “absolutist”.

    Very appropriate adjectives for the article itself.