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La sélection des Élites communistes chinoises : de la politique factionnelle à l'institutionnalisation du leadership

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2013

Alex Payette  and
Ting-sheng Lin
Alex Payette*
Affiliation:
Université d'Ottawa
Ting-sheng Lin*
Affiliation:
Université du Québec à Montréal
*
Alex Payette, École d'études politiques, Université d'Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5. Email : payette.alex@gmail.com
Ting-sheng Lin, Département de science politique, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8. Email : lin.ting-sheng@uqam.ca
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Abstract

Résumé. Cet article défend l'idée que pour être en mesure de bien saisir la sélection des élites communistes chinoises (cadres, fonctionnaires, leaders), il faille maintenant se détourner des approches utilisant la variable factionnelle comme élément explicatif pour ensuite mettre l'accent sur les règles et les conditions formelles « nécessaires » à la nomination et à la sélection du personnel. Nous pensons que l'âge et l'expérience dans les instances du Parti et de l'État prennent progressivement le dessus sur le côté informel de la politique chinoise. Enfin, ce texte se veut une mise en garde aux chercheurs concernant l'utilisation de la notion de faction dans la politique chinoise, à ne pas accepter a priori l'existence des factions et encore moins leurs présumées influences.

Abstract. This article puts forward the idea that to be able to understand the selection of Chinese communist elites (cadres, officials, leaders), we must now turn away from approaches using the factional variable as an explanatory element to instead focus on rules and “necessary” formal requirements for the nomination and selection of personnel. We believe that age and experience in both the Party and State apparatus are gradually taking over the informal side of Chinese politics. Finally, this article wants to be understood as a warning to researchers regarding the use of the notion of faction in Chinese politics. Neither the existence of factions nor, much less, their supposed influence, should be accepted a priori.

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Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , March 2013 , pp. 49 - 68
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Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association 2013 

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