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IN A REVIEW OF SIX BOOKS, PUBLISHED IN THE MID-70'S ON CHINESE POLITICS, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONVENTIONS OF CHINESE POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. HE ARGUES THAT THERE HAS BEEN A BREAKDOWN, PARTICULARLY IN THE 1966-76 PERIOD, IN LONG-STANDING IMPLICIT POLITICAL OPERATING NORMS WHILE CONCLUDING THEIR NECESSITY FOR STABILITY IN THE FUTURE.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Abbreviations -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- Introduction to the First Edition -- Part I Doctrine, Methods and Historical Development -- 1. Rectification Doctrine -- 2. The Rectification Process: Methods, Sanctions and Effectiveness -- 3. The Origins of Rectification -- Part II Rectification According to The Norms, 1950-1957 -- 4. Rectification and the Consolidation of Power, 1950-1953 -- 5. The Purge of Gao Gang and Rao Shushi

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I DOCTRINE, METHODS AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT -- 1. Rectification Doctrine -- 2. The Rectification Process: Methods, Sanctions and Effectiveness -- 3. The Origins of Rectification -- Part II RECTIFICATION ACCORDING TO THE NORMS, 1950-1957 -- 4. Rectification and the Consolidation of Power, 1950-1953 -- 5. The Purge of Kao Kang and Jao Shu-shih -- 6. The Hundred Flowers Experiment -- 7. The Anti-Rightist Campaign -- Part III THE NORMS UNDER STRESS: RECTIFICATION AND PURGING, 1957-1965 -- 8. Rectification and the Great Leap Forward -- 9. The Dismissal of P'eng Te-huai -- 10. Rectification and "Verdict Reversal" during the Crisis Years, 1960-1962 -- 11. Socialist Education, 1962-1965 -- Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Teiwes reviews DENG XIAOPING SHAKES THE WORLD: An Eyewitness Account of China's Party Work Conference and the Third Plenum (November-December 1978) by Yu Guangyuan and edited by Ezra F. Vogel and Steven I. Levine.

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