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Prestige, Manipulation, and Coercion
Book • 2022
Joseph Torigian's book challenges traditional narratives of succession in authoritarian regimes, highlighting the roles of personal prestige, manipulation, and coercion in determining power outcomes.
Through case studies of the Soviet Union after Stalin and China after Mao, Torigian argues that these factors were more decisive than policy differences or institutional processes.
Through case studies of the Soviet Union after Stalin and China after Mao, Torigian argues that these factors were more decisive than policy differences or institutional processes.
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Mentioned by Keith Kruger as Joseph Torigian 's acclaimed first book about elite power struggles in the Soviet Union and China.
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Joseph Torigian, "The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" (Stanford UP, 2025)
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Jordan Schneider as the best China talk book of 2022, for its deep historical investigation and theoretical argument.
Jordan Schneider as the best China talk book of 2022, for its deep historical investigation and theoretical argument.
Elite Power Struggles in the CCP and USSR
