Abstract
Chinese campuses have been remarkably calm since the post-1989 repression. Yet, the absence of contention masks profound changes in the party-state’s campus management tactics, exemplifying the different approaches authoritarian regimes employ to regiment students. Based on fieldwork before and after Xi Jinping’s rise to power (2012), we analyse the party-state’s move from a ‘corporatist’ to a ‘partification’ strategy on campus. Contrary to the literature that sees apathy and depoliticisation as the goal of the party-state’s management of campuses, we argue that these changes reveal the regime’s apprehension about student alienation from official political channels and constitute an effort to reverse it.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1123-1146 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Europe - Asia Studies |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 Jul 2022 |
Keywords
- China
- Youth
- Xi Jinping
- University Students
- Authoritarianism
- Corporatism
- Leninism
- Apathy