Civil-Military Relations in Post-Deng China: From Symbiosis to Quasi-Institutionalization 1st ed. 2021 edition

By analyzing major changes in the functions of the PLA political commissar system, the extent of the PLA involvement in the power struggle of the CCP leadership, and the circulation of elites across civil-military institutional boundaries, this book offers a new theoreticalexplanation of civil-military relations in China.