Governance of a Party-State

Drawing on extensive research, Ling Li examines the internal workings of China’s Party-state, focusing on judicial corruption, the Party’s disciplinary system, anti-corruption campaigns, and power relations within the political leadership.

The book argues that Chinese governance operates through overlapping legal and Party-based normative systems, presenting corruption as a structural byproduct of Party-state rule and discipline as a mechanism for correcting its effects.