China's Changing of the Guard: Authoritarian Resilience
Andrew J. Nathan — China's Changing of the Guard: Authoritarian Resilience (2003)Andrew J. Nathan · 2003 · ArticleTheorySource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1038 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Authoritarian resilience and regime durability · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Nathan (2003) attributed the Chinese Communist Party's resilience to institutionalisation: norm-bound succession, merit-based promotion, functional differentiation of state institutions, and channels of participation and appeal such as letters-and-visits offices.”
Context. The abolition of presidential term limits in 2018 led many scholars to question how durable these norms are.
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