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This book explores the origins and evolution of China's institutions and communist totalitarianism in general. Contemporary China's fundamental institution is communist totalitarianism. Introducing the concept of "institutional genes" (IGs), the book examines how the IGs institutional genes of Soviet Russia merged with those of the Chinese imperial system, creating a durable totalitarian regime with Chinese characteristics - Regionally Administered Totalitarianism. Institutional Genes are fundamental institutional elements that self-replicate and guide institutional changes and are empirically identifiable. By analyzing the origins and evolution of IGs institutional genes in communist totalitarianism from Europe and Russia, as well as those from the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Communist Revolution, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and post-Mao reforms, the book elucidates the rise and progression of communist totalitarianism in China. The ascent of communist China echoes Mises' warning that efforts to halt totalitarianism have failed. Reversing this trend necessitates a thorough understanding of totalitarianism.
Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Institutions and Institutional Genes: Methodology; 3. Property Rights as a Form of Institutional Gene; 4. The Emergence and Evolution of the Institutional Genes of the Chinese Imperial System; 5. The Imperial Examinations and Confucianism: The Institutional Genes for Imperial Personnel and Ideology; 6. The Institutional Genes of Totalitarian Ideology; 7. Institutional Genes of Totalitarianism: The Tsarist Empire; 8. The Birth of Bolshevik Totalitarianism; 9. The Failure of Reform and Revolution in the Late Qing Period; 10. Building China's Bolshevik Party; 11. Building a Totalitarian Regime: From the Chinese Soviet to the People's Republic; 12. Regionally Administered Totalitarianism; 13. The Post-Mao Reform and Its Cessation: The Rise and Fall of Regionally Decentralized Authoritarianism; 14. Conclusion.