Xi Jinping's Anticorruption Campaign: The Politics of Revenge
In: Routledge Research on the Politics and Sociology of China Ser.
Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 1: The Theory of Ressentiment -- Scheler's Theory of Ressentiment -- Sociology of Ressentiment -- Psychology of Ressentiment -- Collective Form -- Contemporary Ressentiment Studies -- Origin -- Political Psychology -- Reevaluation -- Repression -- Ressentiment Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Literature Review on "Anticorruption" Campaigns -- Campaigns -- Origin of CCP -- Mao Zedong -- The Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries: 1950-3 -- The Cultural Revolution: 1966-8 -- Strike Hard Campaign: 1983-5 -- Anticorruption Campaign Goals -- Resentment and Ressentiment in Campaigns -- Organization of Anticorruption Campaigns -- Xi Jinping: Leadership -- Xi Jinping: Ideology -- Xi's Anticorruption Campaign -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Corruption and Ressentiment -- Nature and Types of Corruption -- Level of Corruption -- Types of Corruption -- Causes of Corruption -- Government Causes -- Economic Causes -- Cultural Causes -- A Case Study -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Ideology and Corruption -- Motivations: Which One Strongest? -- Power Consolidation -- Protect the Party -- Consolidate Power for Reform -- Help the People -- Conflicting Goals -- Factions -- Careers and Corruption -- Families, Campaigns, and the Rule of Law -- Anticorruption Campaign and the Cultural Revolution -- Fighting Factions -- The Big Faction -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Power and Anticorruption -- The System -- Legality -- Investigative Process -- Punishments -- The Dictator's Dilemma -- Corrupt Anticorruption -- The Totalizing Mindset -- Authoritarian Anticorruption -- Indoctrinating Ethics -- New Rules -- The Fear Model.