Sources of Political Support for China’s Reformation: Political Socialization of Working Class in Transitional China

Abstract

Abstract

The popular political support has been considered as the Governing Foundation of CPC, as the important guarantee for modern state building and state governance. While the acquisition of political support is not easy, CCP utilized kinds of tactics to get the political support from the above at the beginning of the reform. Meanwhile, adapting to the change of the public’s political psychology, CCP adjusted timely the political socialization strategies in order to acquire the political support from the lower class, especially the working class. This paper investigates the sources of political support for the economic reform by the analysis of the political socialization strategies during the socialism market economy reform. The core point is that the relative smooth triple transition in China not only relies on the tremendous economic growth via the strategic opening-up policy and the resulting ruling effectiveness, but also depends on the political identity and support from the workers through the role of political socialization.

Keywords: political support – CCP – China – economic reform

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Bibliography: Hongna, Miao: Sources of Political Support for China’s Reformation: Political Socialization of Working Class in Transitional China, PCS, 1-2014, pp. 45-60. https://doi.org/10.3224/pcs.v5i1.19818